Hack to work with external APIs that require ssl verification on a local install of WordPress

wp-sslverify-hack.php

<?php

// include the following in your wp-config.php or any file that is run before WP is loaded

global $wp_filter;

function hm_kill_sslverify( $args, $url ) {

	$args['sslverify'] = false;

	return $args;
}

$wp_filter = array(
	'sslverify' => array(
		0 => array(
			'remove_ssl_verify_for_local' => array(
				'function'      => 'hm_kill_sslverify',
				'accepted_args' => 0
			)
		)
	)
);