Posts Tagged ‘ 500 ’

ERROR: Unreadable CAPTCHA cookie – RESOLVED!

2017/08/07
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Modified: 2017/06/25
WordPress -  Unreadable CAPTCHA cookie

RESOLVED!  One of the test WordPress instances had an impossible, unpleasant and not covered on Google error message.  When user is trying to register, the CAPTCHA code is displayed properly and validation is correct, but when the button Register is press, the page would display this: ERROR: Unreadable CAPTCHA cookie I have a plugin “SI CAPTCHA Anti-Spam” installed.  The error message is from this plugin. I’ve tried changing browsers, clear cache and cookies. Nothing worked.  No luck on Internet search either.  What to do? Finally I changed one of the settings on the plugin itself.  I check an option for: Use CAPTCHA without PHP session And it worked!  The error message…

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WordPress Error 500 – Internal server error on Empty Comment

2017/05/17
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Modified: 2017/04/30
WordPress Error 500 – Internal server error on Empty Comment

Problem – Embarrassing Error 500 I am running latest Word Press 3.0.1 on IIS 7.0.  If visitor tries to leave an empty comment or forgets to enter name or email, an ugly 500 – Internal server error will appear on the screen.  This is extremely embarrassing for the host and for the site. I approximately know that I have three ways to approach this problem: – Disable error 500 on IIS side to allow WordPress to handle it; – Lower level of error generated in WordPress code (IIS will not catch it then) or – Write a local JavaScript to prevent user from posting with empty fields. Solution – One click in…

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