Title: Error: Captcha timer expired
Last modified: February 8, 2019

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# Error: Captcha timer expired

 *  Resolved [pingram](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pingram3541/)
 * (@pingram3541)
 * [7 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-captcha-timer-expired/)
 * See many duplicates of this topic, about a half dozen between here and the external
   support forums but none have been answered with a solution =(
 * Client intermittently gets reports of Contact Form 7 submissions failing due 
   to validation errors but we can see all fields are filled in correctly and math
   answer is accurate when they provide us a screenshot.
 * It is highly unlikely clients are exceeding 30min on this page. Timer is set 
   from default (300s) to (3000s) just while troubleshooting.
 * Any insight into this is greatly appreciated. Seems to happen mosttly on iPhones.

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 *  Thread Starter [pingram](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pingram3541/)
 * (@pingram3541)
 * [7 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-captcha-timer-expired/#post-11185902)
 * Wow, ok, I can confirm what this thread from over 4 years ago explains.([https://wordpress.org/support/topic/math-captcha-and-contact-form-7/?replies=1](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/math-captcha-and-contact-form-7/?replies=1))
 * Everything works when logged in and completing forms using math Captcha but logged
   out visitors the Math question doesn’t seem to change on refresh, it always stays
   the same and results in the error.
 * I then realized my client installed WP Fastest Cache recently and I created an
   exclusion rule for my contact page and boom, problem solved!
 * Even when logged out, page refreshes now generate a new math problem to solve
   and no more error.

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 * Last reply from: [pingram](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pingram3541/)
 * Last activity: [7 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-captcha-timer-expired/#post-11185902)
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