Cannot get recaptcha to display on registration form...

[marleyman]

This is how I fixed this issue-hope it helps you too!

If the captcha is not working in the Joomla contact form after you have installed the Joomla template please complete the following.

1. Open the FTP software installed on your computer
2. Browse to the /your web site address/templates/template-name/html/com_contact/ directory on your Joomla site
3. Rename the /com_contact/ directory to /com_contact_old/
4. Joomla will now use the default contact form over ride files for the web site and the captcha form should now appear

Note: Please replace the your web site address with your domain name and template-name with the template name you have downloaded

[cdhexter]

This issue had been driving me crazy for a while (Joomla 3 install, but may very well work for 2.5 aswell) - it used to display, but somewhere down the line of the build, it broke.

My solution required core file modification, but worked first time:

Edit your "plugins/captcha/recaptcha/recaptcha.php" file

Find line 79, should be something like:

return '<div id="dynamic_recaptcha_1"></div>';

Replace the line with this:

return '<div id="dynamic_recaptcha_1">
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.google.com/recaptcha/api/challenge?k=(YOUR KEY)"></script>
<noscript><iframe src="http://www.google.com/recaptcha/api/noscript?k=(YOUR KEY)" height="300" width="500" frameborder="0"></iframe><br>
<textarea name="recaptcha_challenge_field" rows="3" cols="40"></textarea>
<input type="hidden" name="recaptcha_response_field" value="manual_challenge"></noscript>
<script type="text/javascript">
window.onload = function() {
Recaptcha.focus_response_field();
}
</script>
</div>';

Change the (YOUR KEY) to your public key, save and upload it.

Hope this helps some of you

Chris

[futureclient]

This is how I fixed this issue-hope it helps you too!

If the captcha is not working in the Joomla contact form after you have installed the Joomla template please complete the following.

1. Open the FTP software installed on your computer
2. Browse to the /your web site address/templates/template-name/html/com_contact/ directory on your Joomla site
3. Rename the /com_contact/ directory to /com_contact_old/
4. Joomla will now use the default contact form over ride files for the web site and the captcha form should now appear

Note: Please replace the your web site address with your domain name and template-name with the template name you have downloaded

This worked perfectly for me, thank you very much

[shiftCase]

Yep. This worked.

This issue had been driving me crazy for a while (Joomla 3 install, but may very well work for 2.5 aswell) - it used to display, but somewhere down the line of the build, it broke.

My solution required core file modification, but worked first time:

Edit your "plugins/captcha/recaptcha/recaptcha.php" file

Find line 79, should be something like:

return '<div id="dynamic_recaptcha_1"></div>';

Replace the line with this:

return '<div id="dynamic_recaptcha_1">
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.google.com/recaptcha/api/challenge?k=(YOUR KEY)"></script>
<noscript><iframe src="http://www.google.com/recaptcha/api/noscript?k=(YOUR KEY)" height="300" width="500" frameborder="0"></iframe><br>
<textarea name="recaptcha_challenge_field" rows="3" cols="40"></textarea>
<input type="hidden" name="recaptcha_response_field" value="manual_challenge"></noscript>
<script type="text/javascript">
window.onload = function() {
Recaptcha.focus_response_field();
}
</script>
</div>';

Change the (YOUR KEY) to your public key, save and upload it.

Hope this helps some of you

Chris

[jfer3]

This does seam like a solution to the problem. But I am not sure if it is the right one, and if editing the core plugin would have an adverse effect in the future...

Has anyone else had any luck with this ? or found another solution to the problem ?

[proinstall]

I have found easy solution which works fine for me. With the K2 installed on Joomla 3.11

After I tried the above two methods and neither of them worked. I don't have the file specified by the PHP mod solution and the Captcha details were already filled up in the K2 settings.

1. Go to "Global Configuration" and set "Default Captcha" to "-None Selected_"
2. Go to "User Manager" and for "Captcha" select -Captcha-reCaptcha-
3. Go to K2 settings "Advanced" tab and make sure that Public and Private Key are filled up and correct. Enable the "Enable reCaptcha on registration form" option Save and clean the cache. Done!
You should be able to see the Captcha module in the registration form (if you are logged out of course), in the Passport reminder page and the comments.
If the Options in Joomla and K2 for Captcha are both enabled they crash and you see none of them. It should be one or the other.

Joomla Global OFF
User Manager ON
K2 ON

I hope this works for you guys too!

[jdran]

I had the same problem. Thanksfully, I went to recaptcha website and changed the codes and now it is working like a charm.

ps. Some of you proposed a solution of changing the folder com_contact to com_contact_old.
Since this folder is inside your html folder in your template, that means it was an override and the problem had to do with a problem the creator of the custom template made himself. So if you have never seen the codes since the beginning of your website creation, that means there's a problem with your template.
In my case I had seen them before, but suddenly they disappeared. Initialy, I thought there was a problem with the CSS or my custom PHP contact override, but after few tests, I realized that none of them was the problem. Changing the codes from ReCaptcha did the trick. I don't know why, but I'd really like to know, so if anybody could shed some light about it, I 'd appreciated it.

[Andrey39]

Доброго времени суток!
у меня сайт на платформе CMS Joomla! версии 2.5 не поможете найти грамотного програмера который мог бы сопровождать сайт.

С уважением

[jdran]

I take it back. It seems after some days it stopped working again... Deleting old keys and creating a new pair of keys again don't work now.

Please, anybody has a solution for this?

[jdran]

Nevermind, I found the solution in no time:

Navigate to httpdocs>Plugins>Captcha>Recaptcha>recaptcha.php

Open the file and change below:

From
{
const RECAPTCHA_API_SERVER = "http://api.recaptcha.net";
const RECAPTCHA_API_SECURE_SERVER = "https://www.google.com/recaptcha/api";
const RECAPTCHA_VERIFY_SERVER = "api-verify.recaptcha.net";

Change to
{
const RECAPTCHA_API_SERVER = "http://www.google.com/recaptcha/api";
const RECAPTCHA_API_SECURE_SERVER = "https://www.google.com/recaptcha/api";
const RECAPTCHA_VERIFY_SERVER = "api-verify.recaptcha.net";

[dick.davies]

Nevermind, I found the solution in no time:

Actually it seems that since the update to 2.5.16 and 3.2 all of my sites no longer show Captcha on contact pages.

I think it is a Google change to the captcha system and it appears that the problem has been spotted by Joomla Devs:

https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/co ... bac94ae71d

Hopefully the next update will fix it!

[Amjin]

jdran - that fixed it for me! Thanks a bunch!

[microtribe]

Thanks jdran. That did the trick.

[MCC-Nash]

I can confirm that jdrans solution is working. this is a problem which joomla created in one of the updates. running anohter website with the same keys and doesnt run joomla. runs a gallery script and it works there fine.

thanks man

[sarnico]

Thank you very much jdran. This works just fine!

[vlastik]

Hello,

facing this problem too on my sites with Joomla 2.5.
SOLUTION:

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site_root/plugins/captcha/recaptcha/recaptcha.php

change lines 24-26 to:

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const RECAPTCHA_API_SERVER = "http://www.google.com/recaptcha/api";
const RECAPTCHA_API_SECURE_SERVER = "https://www.google.com/recaptcha/api";
const RECAPTCHA_VERIFY_SERVER = "www.google.com";

change line 118 to:

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$response = $this->_recaptcha_http_post(self::RECAPTCHA_VERIFY_SERVER, "/recaptcha/api/verify",

and test it.

Vlastik

[jkomar]

I agree with the solution by jdran as it works for most instances. There is the case with K2 that even after doing that it still did not work on a Joomla 2.5.11 site.

The problem is all of the locations that require both keys and enabling the plugin.

One quick way to see if it is generating is to look at the page source to see if the following div is inserted in the form area

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<div id="dynamic_recaptcha_1">

If no "div id" for Recaptcha read below:

To cover all bases in addition to the code changes by jdran

Site->Global Configuration->ReCaptcha -Drop Down (ReCaptcha)

Components->Contact->Options->Form - Drop down (use default or ReCaptcha)

Components->K2->Parameters->Advanced->Anti-Spam Settings - Input Recaptcha Keys. Also select whether or not you want to use Recaptcha on registration.

Plug-in Manager->Captcha - ReCaptcha->Add Recaptcha Keys

So the Recaptcha keys were placed in 2 locations, K2 and the Plug-In. The content form will work if only the Plug-In keys are added but then K2 pieces won't work, so just do both.

If you made the code changes per jdran and follow all of the setting above everything should work. (clear your cache - then test)

Hope this helps clear up some of the Recaptcha issues and special thanks to jdran

[techisbest]

I tried jdran and vlastik's solutions. I also tried regenerating my keys. Neither worked for me. Very frustrating.

Then I tried shiftCase's solution. That worked, but I'm concerned about that as a solution as the site is maintained in the future.

Not sure if it was the combination of all of those that made it start working or if shiftCase's solution by itself would have been sufficient.

I am using Joomla! 2.5.16

[Mekai]

After following jdran´s guide my site works better than before but still not great.

http://smpl.dk/index.php?option=com_con ... Itemid=107

Can´t write anything in the captcha form and there is a *captcha sign above ?

[aklisiewicz]

I tried all solutions in this thread, but RECAPTCHA still does not show up.
Arthur

[volito]

this issue is just horrible.......switching to wordpress next to many issues and updates with joomla....

have same issue for months

[jdran]

My solution doesn't work anymore because Google perhaps changed again the way they handle the request. Must report to Joomla's moderators to take this under SERIOUS consideration.

Meanwhile, if I find a solution I ll come back letting you know.

[jdran]

@Mekai
You can write into your ReCaptcha, simply any input takes the white color. Change the style (css) so what you write into the reCaptcha will be in black or another color. It is triggered by a rule I couldn't find at a glance.

For the *Captcha above, you may have to override your template? It is a PhP thing.

[jdran]

Guys, I followed my last solution and it works.

Navigate to httpdocs>Plugins>Captcha>Recaptcha>recaptcha.php

On line 24 change:

From

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{
const RECAPTCHA_API_SERVER = "http://api.recaptcha.net";

To

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{
const RECAPTCHA_API_SERVER = "http://www.google.com/recaptcha/api";

Simply, be aware that you may need to REPEAT the process after a Joomla update.
Joomla Programmers aren't aware of the problem yet.

If it is still not working, clear your cache.

[pe7er]

This issue is caused because Google changed its API to reCAPTCHA.

It's recommended to update your website to the latest Joomla (2.5.17 or 3.2.1) because those have fixes for reCAPTCHA included.

[athenken]

Has anyone tried a different recaptcha plugin? I saw some others in the extensions area, but haven't delved into it yet.

[athenken]

This issue is caused because Google changed its API to reCAPTCHA.

It's recommended to update your website to the latest Joomla (2.5.17 or 3.2.1) because those have fixes for reCAPTCHA included.

That worked! Thanks so much.

I was not looking forward to banging my head against the screen to force it to show up.

[vishalb]

Thank you Very Much....This is perfect solution i have found till now....

This issue had been driving me crazy for a while (Joomla 3 install, but may very well work for 2.5 aswell) - it used to display, but somewhere down the line of the build, it broke.

My solution required core file modification, but worked first time:

Edit your "plugins/captcha/recaptcha/recaptcha.php" file

Find line 79, should be something like:

return '<div id="dynamic_recaptcha_1"></div>';

Replace the line with this:

return '<div id="dynamic_recaptcha_1">
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.google.com/recaptcha/api/challenge?k=(YOUR KEY)"></script>
<noscript><iframe src="http://www.google.com/recaptcha/api/noscript?k=(YOUR KEY)" height="300" width="500" frameborder="0"></iframe><br>
<textarea name="recaptcha_challenge_field" rows="3" cols="40"></textarea>
<input type="hidden" name="recaptcha_response_field" value="manual_challenge"></noscript>
<script type="text/javascript">
window.onload = function() {
Recaptcha.focus_response_field();
}
</script>
</div>';

Change the (YOUR KEY) to your public key, save and upload it.

Hope this helps some of you

Chris

[yohebon]

I added few items then I installed the french package and assign french to front site language, however some items were translated and some were not like the comments form under each k2 item.
Is the a solution to fix this?

[akanurhosting]

I dont think its the script issue.

If you could provide the URL where you are getting this error/issue and apache log.

It will be more helpful to guide you on identifying the cause of the issue,

ilango