Contact Form 7 – Captcha not working

  • Resolved tomg35

    (@tomg35)


    5 years, 4 months ago

    I first setup CF7 with no issues and am getting messages through. However just added Captcha and when users send a message through, they are not being challenged?

    Also why do I need the Captcha emblem on every page?
    Thanks

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  • If you’ve registered correctly for reCAPTCHA v3 (by following the instructions at reCAPTCHA v3) & it’s working, you should now see the reCAPTCHA Privacy badge displayed at the bottom of every page on your site (not just the pages where you’ve got CF7 forms).

    recaptchaV3-privacy-icon.png

    NOTE: reCAPTCHA v3 has to learn what is and is not spam. Google reCAPTCHA warns this when creating your keys.

    Also why do I need the Captcha emblem on every page?

    reCAPTCHA v3 works by monitoring user interactions on all website pages.

    CF7 uses reCAPTCHA v3 which is ‘frictionless’ – it doesn’t display a challenge, it works in the background.

    Google does permit you to hide the badge, but only on the condition that you include some text instead. Details in the recaptcha FAQ.

    If you prefer to go back to reCAPTCHA v2 with the challenge, follow the advice here to use the Advanced noCaptcha Recaptcha plugin.

    • This reply was modified 5 years, 4 months ago by Brett Donald.
    Thread Starter tomg35

    (@tomg35)

    Hi,

    Thank you for the answers. For some reason I didn’t get notifications of the replies…

    Thanks again for clarifying

    How can I add captcha to my existing contact 7 forms?

    Tinuzzo, read the documentation:

    https://contactform7.com/recaptcha/

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