Title: Validating error
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Validating error

 *  [maxj](https://wordpress.org/support/users/maxj/)
 * (@maxj)
 * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/validating-error-1/)
 * Hi, I get that error: A charset attribute on a meta element found after the first
   512 bytes. when I want to validate my site with [http://validator.w3.org/](http://validator.w3.org/)
   if I put the plugin OFF everything is like it should. How do I make it work?
 * [http://wordpress.org/plugins/w3-total-cache/](http://wordpress.org/plugins/w3-total-cache/)

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 *  [Simon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/simon_p/)
 * (@simon_p)
 * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/validating-error-1/#post-4011989)
 * The issue is that the `meta charset="UTF-8` is placed under the W3 code, so that
   needs to be plugin issue fix I think.
    However.
 * Disabling The CSS style sheet (not inline CSS) minify setting is a workaround
   fix for me, if that is not enabled, it should validate.

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 * Last activity: [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/validating-error-1/#post-4011989)
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