Built-in CAPTCHA not working

Hello there @asvpeter ,

Thank you for reaching out to us.

If you’re unable to find the functions.php file in your theme, you can try adding the following code to your child theme’s functions.php file (if you have one) or to a custom plugin:

function remove_empty_lines_from_script_tags($content) {
    $pattern = "/(<script.*?>)([\s]*)(<\/script>)/";
    $replace = "$1$3";
    $content = preg_replace($pattern, $replace, $content);
    return $content;
}
add_filter('wp_head', 'remove_empty_lines_from_script_tags');

This code will remove any empty lines from the script tags in the head section of your website, which may be causing the issue with the CAPTCHA not loading properly.

If you don’t have a child theme or custom plugin, you can create one by following these steps:

1. Create a new folder in the wp-content/plugins directory, and name it something relevant to your project (e.g. my-custom-plugin).
2. Create a new PHP file in the folder, and name it something like my-custom-plugin.php.
3. Add the code snippet above to the PHP file.
4. Activate the plugin in the WordPress admin area.

After activating the custom plugin, check if the CAPTCHA issue is resolved. If not, kindly let us know and we’d troubleshoot this further.

Have a great day.