Title: Subscribe2 vs. PHP-FPM
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# Subscribe2 vs. PHP-FPM

 *  [captainswallow](https://wordpress.org/support/users/captainswallow/)
 * (@captainswallow)
 * [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/subscribe2-vs-php-fpm/)
 * After a recent upgrade to PHP-FPM, it seems the Subscribe2 plugin is at least
   partly broken. When anyone attempts to subscribe, the site returns an error:
   “
   ERROR: Sorry, there was an error. Please be sure JavaScript and Cookies are enabled
   in your browser and try again.”
 * Everything worked fine previously and no other settings have changed.
 * It’s possible the daily emails sending out is affected, but hard to tell at this
   point.
 * If you’ve seen this behaviour before and have any tips, I’d appreciate it.
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/subscribe2/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/subscribe2/)

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 *  [Matt Robinson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mattyrob/)
 * (@mattyrob)
 * [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/subscribe2-vs-php-fpm/#post-6958046)
 * [@captainswallow](https://wordpress.org/support/users/captainswallow/)
 * That error message is not contained within Subscribe2. JavaScript and Cookies
   are both client side browser implementations. Are you sure these things are enabled
   in your browser? Is that happening on your site in all browser and from all computers?
 *  [wp_ris](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wp_ris/)
 * (@wp_ris)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/subscribe2-vs-php-fpm/#post-6958302)
 * hello,
 * I get same error “Sorry, there was an error. Please be sure JavaScript and Cookies
   are enabled in your browser and try again.” when i try to subscribe or unsubscribe,
   tried firefox,iron,chrome, same error. Browser inspect says 403 Forbidden. I 
   found out now, at the beginning it was working, i cannot tell what was changed
   before this error.. is there a way to debug?
 *  [wp_ris](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wp_ris/)
 * (@wp_ris)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/subscribe2-vs-php-fpm/#post-6958303)
 * Update: the plugin WP-SpamShield was blocking the subscribe2 form, fixed by ticking
   the “Disable anti-spam for miscellaneous forms.” option.

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 * ![](https://ps.w.org/subscribe2/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=2318630)
 * [Subscribe2 - Form, Email Subscribers & Newsletters](https://wordpress.org/plugins/subscribe2/)
 * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/subscribe2/#faq)
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 * 3 replies
 * 3 participants
 * Last reply from: [wp_ris](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wp_ris/)
 * Last activity: [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/subscribe2-vs-php-fpm/#post-6958303)
 * Status: not resolved