Captcha 403 errors and stale tokens under page caching
Captcha returns 403 errors or stale security tokens when page caching plugins are active, breaking logins and forms.
Tier II · Emerging Problems that are still building up.
4 public reports · first reported 8 October 2020 · last reported 18 March 2025
What's going wrong
Site owners running page caching plugins such as WP Rocket, LiteSpeed Cache and W3 Total Cache report that the captcha stops working once caching is turned on.
AI-assisted: written with the help of AI from the reports. The idea report has the full summary.
In the idea report
- The full summary.
- The products the 4 reports are about, and how many came each month.
- Related problems.
No business has been found with this problem yet, so the report has no contacts. All sales are final — no refunds. Pricing.