Title: reCaptcha Issues
Last modified: March 30, 2026

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# reCaptcha Issues

 *  Resolved [auftrittgilde](https://wordpress.org/support/users/auftrittgilde/)
 * (@auftrittgilde)
 * [1 month, 1 week ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/recaptcha-issues-14/)
 * Hello all
   Short introduce of myself.I am 53 years old, took ownership of a website
   created and maintained in wordpress. I am an IT System Engineer, so IT is not
   really far away for me. But i do not have a lot experience with WordPress and
   so on. But i want to learn.
 * So here is my problem description and my goal:
 * I was able today to create a recaptcha for the default contact template and was
   able to enable it and it has worked. Then i tried the same in wp membership. 
   Installed a plugin **Simple Membership Google recaptcha** and tried the same 
   for the second plugin for the registration form and password reset form.
 * However the plugin for the registration form never worked so i decided to delete
   the keys in google recaptcha and try once again. 
   Now also the recaptcha in the
   contact form is no more working. Checking the Webpage with WP it looks ok also
   the settings looking ok. Checking the contact form on the published webpage it
   shows: Error for site owner:Invalid Site Key.I tried to disable, enable again,
   delete the keys in different ways but i am not able whether to configure it that
   it works in the contact form for the customer.
 * So my goal will be to fix as first the contact form and then to set also repatcha
   for the registration form. This is the bigger pain for me, because this was never
   set an i have around 20 -30 spam accounts which are trying dailywise to register.
   
   So i appreciate any ideas, help and what will help solve my issues.I tried with
   different browsers, clear cookies, private/inkognito Browser and all i knowUnfortunately
   i dont have an idea, how i can share here screenshots when i dont have pictures
   stored on a webserver.Thank you in advanceRegardsJ

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 *  Thread Starter [auftrittgilde](https://wordpress.org/support/users/auftrittgilde/)
 * (@auftrittgilde)
 * [1 month, 1 week ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/recaptcha-issues-14/#post-18867268)
 * Small Update from my side. Was testing the last hour and was able to reactivate
   the repatcha now in the contact form. However i dont understand why it is only
   shown correct in the contact form when i am logged in as member on our pages.
   If i log out, it shows the error for site owner: Invalid site key
 * Then i tried again to acivate the WP Membership Recaptcha Plugin and enabled 
   in for all forms which are available in the Plugin setting. However its is not
   shown in the registration form for example.
 *  Plugin Support [Amjad Ali](https://wordpress.org/support/users/amjadali688/)
 * (@amjadali688)
 * [1 month, 1 week ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/recaptcha-issues-14/#post-18868389)
 * Hi [@auftrittgilde](https://wordpress.org/support/users/auftrittgilde/) ,
 * Thanks for reaching out, and welcome! It’s great to hear you’re learning your
   way around WordPress.
 * Regarding the reCAPTCHA error, could you please share the page URL where the 
   WPForms contact form is embedded and where you’re seeing the issue? This will
   allow us to check the page and better understand what might be happening.
 * The error message **_“Error for site owner: Invalid site key”,_** usually occurs
   when the reCAPTCHA site key and secret key aren’t added correctly or don’t match
   the domain configured in Google reCAPTCHA.
 * Once we can view the page, we’ll be happy to take a closer look and help guide
   you further.
 * Thanks!
 *  Plugin Support [Amjad Ali](https://wordpress.org/support/users/amjadali688/)
 * (@amjadali688)
 * [1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/recaptcha-issues-14/#post-18871565)
 * Hi [@auftrittgilde](https://wordpress.org/support/users/auftrittgilde/) ,
 * We haven’t heard back from you in a few days, so I’m going to go ahead and close
   this thread for now. But if you’d like us to assist further, please feel welcome
   to continue the conversation.
 * Thanks!

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 * Last reply from: [Amjad Ali](https://wordpress.org/support/users/amjadali688/)
 * Last activity: [1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/recaptcha-issues-14/#post-18871565)
 * Status: resolved