hey @buzztone
thanks for your note
The border color is the yellow
yes I’ve readded the [recaptcha] shortcode
Yes I’m using the v2 updating them in the Integration
This said, it works once out of several
:/
Yes I’m using the v2 updating them in the Integration
If you are using CF7 5.1.+ & updating the Google reCAPTCHA keys at at Contact > Contact Forms > Integration, then you definitely need to be using Google reCAPTCHA v3 keys.
CF7 5.1.+ does not support Google reCAPTCHA v2 & you will get the sort of error you are seeing if you add Google reCAPTCHA v2 keys.
Note also in CF7 5.1.+ with reCAPTCHA v3 activated all [recaptcha] shortcodes are simply ignored.
If you want to use reCAPTCHA v2 with CF7, you could use Contact Form 7 – reCaptcha v2, but you then need to add Google reCAPTCHA v2 keys as per that plugins instructions.
thanks for your time
As I said, I am already using the v2 keys as you said, and still have issues.
basically I had to remove the integration to make the plugin work again, and spammers and drinking and partying happy than ever on my site 🙁
If you’re having this kind of issue with Contact Form 7 odds are you’ll have similar issue with other form plugins. I would suggest getting your hands dirty and start debugging.
1) Enable debugging – See Codex – You want DISPLAY to be false and LOG to be true ( along with WP_DEBUG to being true ). This will add a debug.log file to your wp-content folder which may tell you directly what the issue is.
2) Install the WP Health Check Plugin and disable all your plugins except the necessary plugins ( contact form 7 and any CF7 extensions ) along with reverting to the default theme. This will help narrow down if it’s a theme or plugin conflict. For more information check out the handbook regarding Health Checks.
3) After submitting the form check of JavaScript errors in your browser of choice:
https://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Your_Browser_to_Diagnose_JavaScript_Errors
Every modern browser has a JavaScript console which will output errors whenever something goes awry.
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When all else fails, contact your host and see if they have any ideas on what the issue may be. Feel free to link them to this thread as maybe they have an idea on what to do. As always, make sure you have working backups of your website.
@marcofama – I’m using CF7 5.1.1 with reCAPTCHA v2 on a few sites without problems via Contact Form 7 – reCaptcha v2 – I get a few emails every day from these sites.
If this is not working for you, it’s likely because you have not setup CF7 5.1.1 with reCAPTCHA v2 correctly.
@buzztone Honestly I’m not sure if what you say it’s right.
I mean… how can a Google service (which is based on API, Keys etc) work sometimes yes and sometimes not, with one setup?
if that is setup fine, it should work all the times 🙂
@howdy_mcgee thanks for your contribution.
The hosting provider was already on it as I did so much debug – and they cross checked too – and their feedback in the end was: check with the theme dev, if their theme is compliant / no issues are there, that is about the lastest update of CF7 and the v3 CAPTCHA you are using.
That is why I rolled back to v2 and used the other plugin and used the recaptcha shortcode again :/
