diff --git a/src/Basic_Requirement_Checker.php b/src/Basic_Requirement_Checker.php
index c259647bb2eb53fcbe7f0bc242f056f87500c8f0..6b37a644c8fb212e7468c4629a661d79f90c8fbd 100644
--- a/src/Basic_Requirement_Checker.php
+++ b/src/Basic_Requirement_Checker.php
@@ -51,8 +51,6 @@ if ( ! class_exists( 'WPDesk_Basic_Requirement_Checker' ) ) {
 		 * @param string $text_domain
 		 * @param string $php_version
 		 * @param string $wp_version
-		 * @param string $minimum_required_plugin_version
-		 * @param bool $force_plugin_update
 		 */
 		public function __construct( $plugin_file, $plugin_name, $text_domain, $php_version, $wp_version ) {
 			$this->plugin_file = $plugin_file;
@@ -221,7 +219,7 @@ if ( ! class_exists( 'WPDesk_Basic_Requirement_Checker' ) ) {
 			}
 			
 			if ( true == $this->is_required_minimum_version && false !== $this->check_minimum_required_plugin_version( $this->slug ) ) {
-				$notices[] = $this->prepare_notice_message( sprintf( __( 'The “%s” plugin requires at least %s version to work correctly with WooCommerce. Please update it', $this->get_text_domain() ), esc_html( $this->plugin_name ), $this->get_plugin_version_request( $this->slug ) ) );
+				$notices[] = $this->prepare_notice_message( sprintf( __( 'The “%s” plugin requires at least %s version to work correctly with WooCommerce. Please update it', $this->get_text_domain() ), esc_html( $this->plugin_name ), $this->get_plugin_version( $this->slug ) ) );
 			}
 			
 			$notices = $this->append_plugin_require_notices( $notices );
@@ -342,35 +340,32 @@ if ( ! class_exists( 'WPDesk_Basic_Requirement_Checker' ) ) {
 		/**
 		 * Plugin slug
 		 *
-		 * @param string $slug
+		 * @param string $slug .
 		 *
 		 * @return mixed
 		 */
-		public function create_request( $slug ) {
-			$args = (object) array( 'slug' => $slug );
-			$request = array(
-				'action' => 'plugin_information',
-				'timeout' => self::REQUEST_TIMEOUT,
-				'request' => serialize( $args )
-			);
-			
-			$url = 'http://api.wordpress.org/plugins/info/1.0/';
-			$response = wp_remote_post( $url, array( 'body' => $request ) );
+		public function get_plugin_info_from_plugins_api( $slug ) {
 			
-			return $response;
+			$transient_version = get_transient( $slug );
+			$plugin_info = null;
+			if (false === $transient_version) {
+				require_once ABSPATH . 'wp-admin/includes/plugin-install.php';
+				$plugin_info = plugins_api( 'plugin_information', array( 'slug' => $slug ) );
+				
+				set_transient( $slug, $plugin_info, WEEK_IN_SECONDS );
+			}
 			
+			return $transient_version;
 		}
 		
 		/**
-		 * @param string $slug
+		 * @param $slug
 		 *
 		 * @return bool
 		 */
-		public function get_plugin_version_request( $slug ) {
-			
-			$response = $this->create_request( $slug );
-			$plugin_info = unserialize( $response['body'] );
+		public function get_plugin_version( $slug ) {
 			
+			$plugin_info = $this->get_plugin_info_from_plugins_api( $slug );
 			if ( ! empty( $plugin_info ) ) {
 				return $plugin_info->version;
 			}