The anti-spam settings for this website are not yet properly configured

[Evra531]

While using K2, I get the message: "The anti-spam settings for this website are not yet properly configured and comments cannot yet be published. Please notify the site administrator"

Does it mean that my Joomla site has no anti-spam setting, or that I have missed something? How and where is this to be configured?

Kindly advise.

[AMurray]

I would say your guess is correct - a captcha is not enabled, so you need to check as below:

On the Global Configuration > Site screen, you can see the Captcha options there.

If the captcha you want to use is not listed (Such as Recaptcha) then either (1) install a relevant plugin, or (2) ensure the Google Recaptcha is enabled (this is included as part of the Joomla core).

If not using Google Recaptcha, there are several listed in the JED that are other sorts of captcha challenges like "what is 2+ 5" (or other random, simple questions like that).

For Google Captcha, be sure you're using the correct secret/site keys for V2 or V3 (each require separate sets of keys).

Do you have anything else in your site that uses captcha - such as a normal contact form, or even your user registration form etc? If so, and a recaptcha works there, it might be just something in K2 that needs to be enabled.

[Evra531]

Thanks, Murray. I had already realized it and fixed the Recaptcha. Thanks for your note, as it assures that what I did is the right thing, and not some freaky temporary solution. Cheers