jayclue

Im having this same issue. Ive checked an article on iThemes about fixing 404 lockouts but we do not have any. I’ve had multiple customers tell us they have had the lock out screen pop up for no reason.

Figured out the issue. I was looking in the wrong direction – it had nothing to do with W3 Total Cache. Around the same time I installed W3TC I also added a reCaptcha to my contact form. Once I removed it the form started to work again. So I did a little more searching and found some other people having the same issue with the Avada theme and using reCaptcha on a page other than the default Avada ‘contact’ page.

To fix the issue I removed my recaptcha keys from the Avada theme settings, and then added them to the CF7 Integrations settings. Updated the contact form and it worked. Not quite sure why it was causing that issue – but guessing the theme just didnt want to play nice with the plugin.

Maybe it is a good idea to update the orange border FAQ in my first post to include something about the recaptcha also being able to kick back an orange border error message?

I figured out the issue. For some reason the Recaptcha on the form is the culprit. When I turn it off the form works correctly. This is not an issue with w3 Total Cache.. it is specific to the recaptcha and CF7. Now to try and figure out why it is an issue haha But this is not a W3 Total Cache issue, so you can delete this thread if you like. Thanks!