Title: Too many backwards incompatible changes
Last modified: February 22, 2019

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# Too many backwards incompatible changes

 *  [wu-wei](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wu-wei/)
 * (@wu-wei)
 * [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/too-many-backwards-incompatible-changes/)
 * Thanks for the many years of great service (and yes, we have donated) but it’s
   time for us to move on.
 * We’ve dealt with many functionality breaking internal changes (even to documented
   functionality) over time but this recent forced switch to google recaptcha v3
   is the final straw. v3 slows page loads, has nasty privacy implications for the
   user and even with all that, it doesn’t work nearly as well at stopping spam!
   Also spews that ugly recaptcha banner on every page which will sometimes hide
   important UI elements. We don’t have the time or budget to keep going back and
   retrofitting sites after surprise changes.
 * The developer is great at building a plugin that is solid at any given point 
   in time but terrible at providing reliable hooks that developers can depend on.
   If they’re not going to be supported, then simply don’t provide them! If you 
   just need a basic contact form and are cool with the downsides of recaptcha v3
   then cf7 is fine, otherwise look elsewhere.

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