Title: Validation Error
Last modified: February 18, 2019

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# Validation Error

 *  Resolved [mbmedia](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mbmedia/)
 * (@mbmedia)
 * [7 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/validation-error-68/)
 * Hi,
 * One of my Contact Form 7 forms keeps displaying a validation error on my website,
   but I can’t seem to find the root of the problem.
 * The form has worked without any problems up to this point. The error started 
   occurring at the start of February 2019.
 * I am using several CF7 forms on the website, but there is only ONE form that 
   seems to be having the problem. The form is integrated with MailChimp so people
   can subscribe to a newsletter. So far, I have tried the following with no solution
   yet:
 * – Disabled and deleted the Honeypot plugin
    – Created a new contact form (with
   the same info) – Created a radio button that needs to be selected by the user–
   Refreshed the cache and tried different browsers
 * Does anyone have any other ideas to get this working again?
 * Here is [the link](http://eslexpat.com/newsletter/) to the contact form.
    -  This topic was modified 7 years, 3 months ago by [mbmedia](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mbmedia/).
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fvalidation-error-68%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Plugin Author [Takayuki Miyoshi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/takayukister/)
 * (@takayukister)
 * [7 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/validation-error-68/#post-11218343)
 * What other plugins and theme do you use on the site?
 *  [theduck](https://wordpress.org/support/users/theduck/)
 * (@theduck)
 * [7 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/validation-error-68/#post-11218792)
 * I am having the same issue. Forms were working fine up until around the beginning
   of February, and now I’m getting a validation error on 2 out of 3 forms.
 *  [theduck](https://wordpress.org/support/users/theduck/)
 * (@theduck)
 * [7 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/validation-error-68/#post-11218942)
 * I just noticed… the one form that works has recapatcha on it – the other 2 do
   not. After I added recapatcha on the forms that don’t work, they started working
   again. I just checked another website that only has 1 form and no recapatcha,
   and it seems to be working okay at this point. So it’s odd that the site that
   has 3 forms, with only 1 originally having recapatcha, is having the issue.
 * Just to note: The site that was having the issue had the Contact Form 7 Image
   Captcha plugin loaded and active on 1 of 3 forms. On another site I have Contact
   Form 7 Honeypot loaded, but have not updated the Contact Form 7 plugin – this
   site is still submitting the form okay.
    -  This reply was modified 7 years, 3 months ago by [theduck](https://wordpress.org/support/users/theduck/).
    -  This reply was modified 7 years, 3 months ago by [theduck](https://wordpress.org/support/users/theduck/).
 *  Thread Starter [mbmedia](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mbmedia/)
 * (@mbmedia)
 * [7 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/validation-error-68/#post-11219180)
 * I’m using the WordPress Twenty Seventeen theme on the site.
 * By the way, after [@theduck](https://wordpress.org/support/users/theduck/) pointed
   out the Captcha issue, I added Captcha to the contact form that was having the
   problem and it seems to be working fine now. There are no more validation error
   messages and the form submits successfully. Thanks for the feedback!
 * So it seems like all CF7 forms **must have Captcha** in order for them to function
   properly.
    -  This reply was modified 7 years, 3 months ago by [mbmedia](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mbmedia/).

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 * Last reply from: [mbmedia](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mbmedia/)
 * Last activity: [7 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/validation-error-68/#post-11219180)
 * Status: resolved