Filters whether SSL should be verified for non-local requests.
Parameters
$ssl_verify
bool|string- Boolean to control whether to verify the SSL connection or path to an SSL certificate.
$url
string- The request URL.
Source
$options['verify'] = apply_filters( 'https_ssl_verify', $options['verify'], $url );
Disabling the SSL verification is a common way to get around the “cURL error 60” issue with wp_remote_get:
Note that this is strongly recommended against for security reasons.