Joomla 3 and Recaptcha v2 Topic is solved

[Nidzo2203]

Final time to upgrade to Joomla 4

[Kounosuke]

After digging for a few days I found a solution that worked for me.
Install the Mootools Disabler/Enabler from https://extensions.joomla.org/extension ... r-disabler and enable the plugin. Just leave the defaults and see if it works for you before you start fiddling around. I didn't need to adjust anything.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH !!!

It really fix the problem!

[bonnielass76]

I discovered that I needed Mootools for certain things on my site so I tried this updated version of Mootools and now I can use Mootools and reCaptcha. See https://github.com/google/recaptcha/iss ... 1824318192 for more information.

[SoftCorpse]

It appears that it was a Google fault. As of today the issue has been resolved and looks to be functioning normally again.
Thanks to everyone for the various fixes.

[dragon2000gh]

The easiest way is to rename or delete the mootools-core.js file in the /home/yourroot/public_html/media/system/js in whatever you like so it is not loaded anymore and then you don't need plugins or similar.

[phulst]

I discovered that I needed Mootools for certain things on my site so I tried this updated version of Mootools and now I can use Mootools and reCaptcha. See https://github.com/google/recaptcha/iss ... 1824318192 for more information.

Thank you! It works excellent!

[ozneilau]

As per the previous posts, this is caused by a reCAPTCHA / MooTools conflict.

Assuming you can't immediately migrate to Joomla 4, the best solution is to upgrade Mootools in Joomla 3.

The latest versions of the MooTools files can be downloaded from:

• https://mootools.net/core (MooTools-Core-1.6.0.js)

• https://mootools.net/more (MooTools-More-1.6.0.js)

Rename the files and upload to:

• /media/system/js/mootools-core.js

• /media/system/js/mootools-more.js

Clear the Joomla cache and your web browser cache to ensure the updated files are being loaded.

Other Solutions

Switching to hCAPTCHA can help on some websites but some extensions e.g ChronoForms implement their own version of reCAPTCHA so installing hCAPTCHA won't fix this.

Completely or selectively disabling MooTools using jQuery Easy or MooTools Enabler/Disabler or similar can help on some websites but this is not an ideal solution as many Joomla 3 extensions rely on MooTools to function.

[nlogica]

Thank you @ozneilau , this was helpful!

It solved an issue with an embedded Google Map - it was not appearing but it is now and that's great. Previously the only solution was to delete the mootools-core.js files. Even the solution offered in Github / Google didn't do anything for me.

Now I still have an issue with Recaptcha (v2). While others have reported the recaptcha just loading/spinning forever, my issue is that recaptcha doesn't show at all

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[jodancer]

Thank you so much!
Tried every previous suggestion possible but this one finally worked for me.

[nlogica]

Thank you so much!
Tried every previous suggestion possible but this one finally worked for me.

Can you share what was the problem that you were experiencing? And what was the solution, exactly?

[jodancer]

Joomla 3.10 recaptcha " I am not a robot" was not working, just spinning and spinning. I downloaded and updated the mootools files as suggested and it worked!

[nlogica]

Joomla 3.10 recaptcha " I am not a robot" was not working, just spinning and spinning. I downloaded and updated the mootools files as suggested and it worked!

Which mootools files did you use? There's different versions being offered in this thread.

[audex]

As per the previous posts, this is caused by a reCAPTCHA / MooTools conflict.

Assuming you can't immediately migrate to Joomla 4, the best solution is to upgrade Mootools in Joomla 3.

The latest versions of the MooTools files can be downloaded from:

• https://mootools.net/core (MooTools-Core-1.6.0.js)

• https://mootools.net/more (MooTools-More-1.6.0.js)

Rename the files and upload to:

• /media/system/js/mootools-core.js

• /media/system/js/mootools-more.js

Clear the Joomla cache and your web browser cache to ensure the updated files are being loaded.

Saved me precious minutes. Thank you for your help!

[somosarroba]

As per the previous posts, this is caused by a reCAPTCHA / MooTools conflict.

Assuming you can't immediately migrate to Joomla 4, the best solution is to upgrade Mootools in Joomla 3.

The latest versions of the MooTools files can be downloaded from:

• https://mootools.net/core (MooTools-Core-1.6.0.js)

• https://mootools.net/more (MooTools-More-1.6.0.js)

Rename the files and upload to:

• /media/system/js/mootools-core.js

• /media/system/js/mootools-more.js

Clear the Joomla cache and your web browser cache to ensure the updated files are being loaded.

Saved me precious minutes. Thank you for your help!

Hello! How can I upload the files? Is it thru admin console or thru FTP? If thru the latter, I tried to activate FTP in global settings with localhost, user, pass and root / but I am not able to connect using for instance FileZilla (unauth error). Any idea about it? Thanks!

[toivo]

Is it thru admin console or thru FTP? If thru the latter, I tried to activate FTP in global settings with localhost, user, pass and root

Joomla 3 has the FTP settings still in the Global Configuration. The caused issues and they were removed in Joomla 4.

Set up FTP or SCP access in the cPanel or a similar page, provided by your host.