Title: check_admin_referer was called incorrectly
Last modified: January 28, 2020

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# check_admin_referer was called incorrectly

 *  Resolved [Filipe Seabra](https://wordpress.org/support/users/filiprimo/)
 * (@filiprimo)
 * [6 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/check_admin_referer-was-called-incorrectly/)
 * I found a bug:
 *     ```
       Notice: check_admin_referer was called incorrectly. You should specify a nonce action to be verified by using the first parameter. Please see Debugging in WordPress for more information. (This message was added in version 3.2.0.) in /var/www/html/web/wp/wp-includes/functions.php on line 4986
       ```
   
    -  This topic was modified 6 years, 4 months ago by [Filipe Seabra](https://wordpress.org/support/users/filiprimo/).

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 *  Plugin Author [Stefano Lissa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/satollo/)
 * (@satollo)
 * [6 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/check_admin_referer-was-called-incorrectly/#post-12376082)
 * Thank you for reporting I’ll fix it asap.
 * Stefano.

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