Title: Getting a Socket Error Last modified: August 31, 2016 --- # Getting a Socket Error * Resolved [Srikanth](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rsrikanth05/) * (@rsrikanth05) * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/getting-a-socket-error/) * For the past week, whenever anyone enters the right Captcha, I get an error saying Could Not Open Socket on wp-comments.php. I’ve temporarily had to disable the plugin. Entering the wrong captacha takes them to the comments section of the article as always but the right one results in a Socket error. My blog is [http://bestpedia.in](http://bestpedia.in) The plugin is disabled, but I will reactivate it if asked to. * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/bwp-recaptcha/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/bwp-recaptcha/) Viewing 11 replies - 1 through 11 (of 11 total) * Plugin Author [Khang Minh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/oddoneout/) * (@oddoneout) * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/getting-a-socket-error/#post-7010750) * Does entering the wrong captcha show a captcha error? Everything was working correctly before? * Can you navigate to **BWP recapt >> General Settings >> reCAPTCHA settings** and then change “request method” to “cURL” or “file_get_contents” ? * Thread Starter [Srikanth](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rsrikanth05/) * (@rsrikanth05) * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/getting-a-socket-error/#post-7010761) * Hi, I have renabled the plugin. With the request method set to auto, I tried to enter a wrong captcha, it gave me a Socket error this time. I changed the Request method to cURL and file_get_contents and both times I got the Socket error. * Thread Starter [Srikanth](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rsrikanth05/) * (@rsrikanth05) * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/getting-a-socket-error/#post-7010762) * Note. I changed the settings just now to use the nocaptcha recaptcha instead. The request method is still file_get_contents. * I tried commenting and when I clicked on I’m not a Robot, and submit, it took some time but then opened the article with ?cerror=invalid-json#respond appended to it. The error above the nocaptch box now reads: Unknown error (invalid-json). Please contact an administrator for more info. * Plugin Author [Khang Minh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/oddoneout/) * (@oddoneout) * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/getting-a-socket-error/#post-7010838) * Can you try changing the Request method back to Auto and then use it with the nocaptcha recaptcha? * Thread Starter [Srikanth](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rsrikanth05/) * (@rsrikanth05) * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/getting-a-socket-error/#post-7010842) * Hi, it is currently set to Auto, and nocaptcha has been enabled. * The error message I’m getting is “Unknown error (invalid-request). Please contact an administrator for more info.” * Plugin Author [Khang Minh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/oddoneout/) * (@oddoneout) * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/getting-a-socket-error/#post-7010856) * OK one last thing to try is to set Request method to cURL. If that doesn’t work, please contact me via [http://betterwp.net/contact/](http://betterwp.net/contact/). Thanks. * Thread Starter [Srikanth](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rsrikanth05/) * (@rsrikanth05) * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/getting-a-socket-error/#post-7010863) * Hi, I’ve set the request method to cURL with nocaptcha as the default. I haven’t tested it out yet. Will have a look as soon as I get time. * Thread Starter [Srikanth](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rsrikanth05/) * (@rsrikanth05) * [10 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/getting-a-socket-error/#post-7010891) * Hi, apologies for the late response. I set it to cURL woth nocaptcha and it has been working since. Thanks a lot for the support. Marking the topic as resolved. * Plugin Author [Khang Minh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/oddoneout/) * (@oddoneout) * [10 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/getting-a-socket-error/#post-7010892) * No problem, glad you got it working. * [wissamtannous](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wissamtannous/) * (@wissamtannous) * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/getting-a-socket-error/#post-7010922) * hello i tried all of them file_get_contents: i get the following error “Unknown error (invalid-json). Please contact an administrator for more info.” cURL: i get the following error “Unknown error (invalid-json). Please contact an administrator for more info.” Socket: i get “Unknown error (invalid-request). Please contact an administrator for more info.” * my blog is [http://www.logicum.co](http://www.logicum.co) captcha is used in the comment section of any article * thank you * [wissamtannous](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wissamtannous/) * (@wissamtannous) * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/getting-a-socket-error/#post-7010923) * Update: after several tries and changing the APIkey also the comment section is working now and to make the contact us form 7 work , the same APIkey has to be added in the integration section thank you Viewing 11 replies - 1 through 11 (of 11 total) The topic ‘Getting a Socket Error’ is closed to new replies. * ![](https://s.w.org/plugins/geopattern-icon/bwp-recaptcha.svg) * [Better WordPress reCAPTCHA (with no CAPTCHA reCAPTCHA)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/bwp-recaptcha/) * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/bwp-recaptcha/#faq) * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/bwp-recaptcha/) * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/bwp-recaptcha/active/) * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/bwp-recaptcha/unresolved/) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/bwp-recaptcha/reviews/) ## Tags * [Comments](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/comments/) * 11 replies * 3 participants * Last reply from: [wissamtannous](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wissamtannous/) * Last activity: [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/getting-a-socket-error/#post-7010923) * Status: resolved