Andrew.Bloom

A comment on this post helped me with a 500 error the other day:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/47529257/contact-form-7-cause-http-500-error

In the inspector, click the network tab, then click the “xhr” button on the dialog that comes up, and submit your form again. You’ll see the ajax call for the form submission show up in the list. Click that, then click “response” and it will show you the error from the server if you have errors enabled visibly.

Not sure if this will help with a 404 error, since 404 typically means the file is not found.

My issue ended up being a plugin. Try disabling all plugin but CF7, then try to send the message.

Yes, it’s working again. Thank you.

Thanks for the quick response. For now I’ve simply disabled Photon.

The only way I found to fix the issue was to search “Uncategorized” in wp_terms and delete it.

With the latest plugin version our client was emailed over 5000 times with alerts like this:

Message: Postman_sent_mail status has been changed; details: ID: 23236,Old status: new,New status: private,Title: Sucuri Alert, domainhere.com, Post Update

I have disabled post alerts.

Thanks for the super quick response! I will try WP Super Cache.

Just had the same issue.

If you have any plugins that are older and modify CF7 code. Disable them.

The culprit in my case was:
Contact Form 7 Calendar
https://www.ads-software.com/plugins/cf7-calendar/

Again, disable any plugin that has to do with CF7, then update it.

Should fix your Fatal error.

Just an observation…

This may not be the correct syntax depending on your CF7 form fields:
Reply-to: [your name] <[your email]>

The defaults have – in between:
Reply-to: [your-name] <[your-email]>

If you guys want more information:
https://contactform7.com/best-practice-to-set-up-mail/

@karl.Jacobs
They won’t have to “dig” into the body of the email to get the address of the person who sent the message. If you set the Additional Headers, Reply-To, it should automatically set the sender’s actual email when they hit “Reply”. No extra effort needed. Read the link above for more info on setting it up.

I think people are freaking out about this a little too much. The plugin author is just trying to save you trouble down the road by validating this information for you.

lewisevans777,

The thing with contact forms and the user’s email is a problem because when you send mail via the PHP function (as CF7 does) most mail hosts look at the FROM field and check where the mail came from (aka your server and not the user’s email’s server).

If you configure CF7 to use their email, and lets say they input “[email protected]” and you send out a message using the PHP function with “[email protected]” as FROM. Your mail server will see this and know it’s not coming from GMail. This makes it an issue for SPAM and JUNK filters as well as maintaining your domain’s reputation.

The best way to get around this is to set ADDITIONAL HEADERS so when you hit reply-to, you get the user’s email address instead of an email on your server.

What I usually do is create a forwarder or email account called “[email protected]” so the client knows the message came from the website. And when they go to reply, the additional header provides the user’s email.

Hey Gzeynep,

Check all your plugins for updates.

In my case the issue was an out of date WooCommerce plugin.

Test it by disabling plugins.

Hey Mike, someone replied on the ticket. I gave them admin rights on site. I will update thread with solution if found.

If you want to take a look as well: #334885

Hey Luigi,

I had the exact same problem.

It looks like a Facebook is updating it’s API? (All apps are being upgraded to Graph API v2.0 or above.)

I found the solution.

Go to line 746 of plugins/jsl3-facebook-wall-feed/php/class-jsl3-facebook-wall-feed.php and remove “friends_groups” and “offline_access”

Then go to the plugin’s setting page and hit save.

That worked for me but I don’t know if it affects any features of this plugin. You may want to wait for an official update from the plugin’s author.

Yes, it was the theme.

I have successfully reverted to 3.8.3 until the theme author fixes this issue.

I did, but it looks like the theme is the culprit.

Is there any easy way to revert to 3.8.3?