Title: recaptcha ignored without error message
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# recaptcha ignored without error message

 *  [alfredopacino](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alfredopacino/)
 * (@alfredopacino)
 * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/recaptcha-ignored-without-error-message/)
 * Hi, I noticed if I just ignore the recaptcha I don’t get any error message, just
   my message go in spam, there is a way to avoid that? I want to STOP the spam,
   so if I ignore the recaptcha I shouldn’t be allowed to post anything..
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-recaptcha/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-recaptcha/)

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 *  [shakensoul](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shakensoul/)
 * (@shakensoul)
 * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/recaptcha-ignored-without-error-message/#post-5577513)
 * Same issue. If recaptcha is not entered, no error message is displayed but comment
   is directly sent to span.
 * [http://www.thinkcept.com/blog/](http://www.thinkcept.com/blog/)
 *  [dezio1900](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dezio1900/)
 * (@dezio1900)
 * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/recaptcha-ignored-without-error-message/#post-5577536)
 * I see the same problem in my site.
 *  Thread Starter [alfredopacino](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alfredopacino/)
 * (@alfredopacino)
 * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/recaptcha-ignored-without-error-message/#post-5577537)
 * guys I solved the spam problem using just Akismet without WP recaptcha, it’s 
   enough.
 *  [Guruprasad L](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lgp171188/)
 * (@lgp171188)
 * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/recaptcha-ignored-without-error-message/#post-5577555)
 * Pretty bad that the behaviour of the plugin has changed to allow the submission
   of the comment and then making it go into the spam queue.
 * Without any client-side validation or server-side validation of the entered reCAPTCHA
   answer and showing any error messages, this is going to result in more hits to
   the server side and will end up storing stuff in the database. Easy to bruteforce
   a lot of comments and make the database overflow! 🙁 Sad to see no reply from
   the plugin author.
 *  Thread Starter [alfredopacino](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alfredopacino/)
 * (@alfredopacino)
 * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/recaptcha-ignored-without-error-message/#post-5577556)
 * guys i’m new in wordpress..i just don’t get this kind of problem in wordpress:
   this is the most downloaded recaptcha plugin and no one noticed this huge issue
   before us? how is that even possible?
 *  [pyr_admin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pyr_admin/)
 * (@pyr_admin)
 * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/recaptcha-ignored-without-error-message/#post-5577569)
 * I performed the update for WordPress a few weeks ago and received this message:
   
   ERROR: Invalid domain for site key
 * What do I do?
 * Users are not able to submit messages or register for classes because of this
   error message.
 *  [shorif2000](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shorif2000/)
 * (@shorif2000)
 * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/recaptcha-ignored-without-error-message/#post-5577571)
 * I am having same problem. if you ignore the recaptcha you can still submit the
   form.
 * [http://www.spectrumgeo.com/contact-us](http://www.spectrumgeo.com/contact-us)

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 * ![](https://s.w.org/plugins/geopattern-icon/wp-recaptcha.svg)
 * [WP-reCAPTCHA](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-recaptcha/)
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 * 6 participants
 * Last reply from: [shorif2000](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shorif2000/)
 * Last activity: [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/recaptcha-ignored-without-error-message/#post-5577571)
 * Status: not resolved