CF7 5.1 reCaptcha V3 DOESN’T WORK!! Tons of SPAM!!

  • Resolved Deryll

    (@padreed123)


    6 years, 2 months ago

    I host multiple websites and now have been inundated with spam since the upgrade to v3 and CF 5.1. THIS IS A COMPLETE NIGHTMARE and a huge waste of time! I just upgraded to CF 5.1.1. Has anyone had good results with the latest version or should I just downgrade to an older version of CF7 and reCaptcha V2?

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  • Yes and no. Personal experience (even with the v3 keys and removing the legacy tag) didn’t go over very well with spam levels barely subsiding. After trying to downgrade (and lock it to prevent updating) that worked but doesn’t seem to be a long-term solution so here is the plugin that seemed to work with Contact Form 7 using the original [recaptcha] tag functionality.

    Neil Murray seems to be spot on with his assessment that CF7 won’t ever go back to using v2 natively but the plugin might work for you.

    Thread Starter Deryll

    (@padreed123)

    Thank you for your very informative reply!

    I have since updated CF7 to version 5.1.1 and it has definitely worked for cutting out the spam so I am back to being a happy camper with CF7. The bug was stated in the Changelog so they must of not implimented reCaptcha version 3 correctly in CF7 5.1.

    I agree with your recommendation of using v3 from now on since v2 will become unsupported at some point. Thx again!

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