Title: AMP Validation Error
Last modified: August 12, 2019

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# AMP Validation Error

 *  [siverfox](https://wordpress.org/support/users/siverfox/)
 * (@siverfox)
 * [6 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/amp-validation-error-8/)
 * Received the following error after validating in Google:
 * The tag ‘meta http-equiv=Content-Type’ may only appear as a descendant of tag‘
   head’
 * Please can anyone help?
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Famp-validation-error-8%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  [James Osborne](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jamesosborne/)
 * (@jamesosborne)
 * [6 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/amp-validation-error-8/#post-11827013)
 * [@siverfox](https://wordpress.org/support/users/siverfox/) The following code
   is being inserted into your AMP URLs:
    `<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content
   ="text/html; charset=windows-1252">`
 * Most likely a plugin is placing that code. Can you try locate the source by deactivating
   one by one and trying again?
 *  Thread Starter [siverfox](https://wordpress.org/support/users/siverfox/)
 * (@siverfox)
 * [6 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/amp-validation-error-8/#post-11827095)
 * Thanks James. What type of plugin do you think could cause this? Any ideas? Thanks
   again Paul
 *  [James Osborne](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jamesosborne/)
 * (@jamesosborne)
 * [6 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/amp-validation-error-8/#post-11827154)
 * You can try and deactivate them one by one to locate the source. If you want 
   to share you [Site Health info](https://i.imgur.com/Rtkmsba.png), or the plugins
   in use I can see if I notice anything.
 *  [James Osborne](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jamesosborne/)
 * (@jamesosborne)
 * [6 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/amp-validation-error-8/#post-11875205)
 * [@siverfox](https://wordpress.org/support/users/siverfox/) I can see the error
   no longer appears on your site. Did you manage to locate the source or plugin
   causing the issue?

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 * 4 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [James Osborne](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jamesosborne/)
 * Last activity: [6 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/amp-validation-error-8/#post-11875205)
 * Status: not resolved