Title: W3 Validation error
Last modified: June 2, 2019

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# W3 Validation error

 *  Resolved [David181](https://wordpress.org/support/users/david181/)
 * (@david181)
 * [7 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/w3-validation-error-6/)
 * Hi there,
 * I did a W3 Validation Test on my website and one error comes back to WordPress,
   not my theme:
 * [https://i.ibb.co/Bqy8JS8/190530-0002.png](https://i.ibb.co/Bqy8JS8/190530-0002.png)
 * I’m running WordPress 4.9.9.
 * Is there a plan from WordPress itself to fix this error?
 * Thanks and best,
    David
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fw3-validation-error-6%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  [CrouchingBruin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/crouchingbruin/)
 * (@crouchingbruin)
 * [7 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/w3-validation-error-6/#post-11596445)
 * Can you please post a link to the actual page? Did WordPress create that textarea
   field? If so, where? The valid values for the autocomplete attribute are either**
   yes** or **no**.
 *  Thread Starter [David181](https://wordpress.org/support/users/david181/)
 * (@david181)
 * [7 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/w3-validation-error-6/#post-11596456)
 * Hi [@crouchingbruin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/crouchingbruin/),
 * you’ll find it in the source code of:
    [http://once.ly/GK1MO](http://once.ly/GK1MO)
 * Thanks and best,
    David
 *  [CrouchingBruin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/crouchingbruin/)
 * (@crouchingbruin)
 * [7 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/w3-validation-error-6/#post-11598135)
 * Something very strange with the comment field on that page. I installed and activated
   the same theme ([GeneratePress](https://wordpress.org/themes/generatepress/)),
   and I didn’t see the same **autocomplete** attribute in the comment field on 
   my site.
 * But what is interesting about your page is that there’s a hidden textarea field
   right next to the comment textarea (well, it’s not really “hidden” but it’s sized
   to 1px by 1px so you can’t see it), and it’s assigned a peculiar ID by some javascript
   code. And it’s the comment field plus this hidden field which both contain the**
   autocomplete** attribute. I don’t know what might have put that hidden field 
   there, or what it’s used for but I’m guessing whatever did (maybe a plugin?) 
   is also responsible for adding the **autocomplete** attribute to the comment 
   field. What you might try is disabling your plugins to see if that attribute 
   disappears.
 *  Thread Starter [David181](https://wordpress.org/support/users/david181/)
 * (@david181)
 * [7 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/w3-validation-error-6/#post-11599347)
 * Dear [@crouchingbruin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/crouchingbruin/),
 * thanks for your research.
    Your guess is absolutely right – I is the plugin Antispam
   Bee.
 * Let’s see what they say. 😉
 * [https://wordpress.org/support/topic/w3-validation-test-invalid-code/](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/w3-validation-test-invalid-code/)
 * Thanks and best,
    David

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last reply from: [David181](https://wordpress.org/support/users/david181/)
 * Last activity: [7 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/w3-validation-error-6/#post-11599347)
 * Status: resolved

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