Title: Comment Captcha does nothing
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Comment Captcha does nothing

 *  Resolved [nhartsog](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nhartsog/)
 * (@nhartsog)
 * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comment-captcha-does-nothing/)
 * I have Enabled Captcha On Comment Forms in the WP Security plugin in an attempt
   to block SPAM, and it has added the Captcha input to ask for the code when submitting
   a comment now, but the comment gets submitted no matter what is entered into 
   the Captcha Code input…it doesn’t seem to be validating this input…
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/all-in-one-wp-security-and-firewall/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/all-in-one-wp-security-and-firewall/)

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 *  Plugin Contributor [mbrsolution](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mbrsolution/)
 * (@mbrsolution)
 * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comment-captcha-does-nothing/#post-5694762)
 * Hi nhartsog are you saying that the captcha is not working correctly?
 *  Thread Starter [nhartsog](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nhartsog/)
 * (@nhartsog)
 * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comment-captcha-does-nothing/#post-5694767)
 * Yes, it is not working correctly. The captcha (simple math problem) is letting
   the comment post for right answers, wrong answers, or even if the captcha input
   box is left blank.
 *  Plugin Contributor [mbrsolution](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mbrsolution/)
 * (@mbrsolution)
 * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comment-captcha-does-nothing/#post-5694820)
 * Hi can you carry out a test. Disable all your other plugins except this one and
   see if the captcha works. If that does not work can you test one of WordPress
   default themes like Twenty Fourteen or so.
 * Also make sure that if you are using a cache plugin it is set correct and if 
   you are using a cache plugin can you also delete the cache.
 * Thank you
 *  Thread Starter [nhartsog](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nhartsog/)
 * (@nhartsog)
 * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comment-captcha-does-nothing/#post-5694875)
 * Thanks for all of the diagnosis tips mbrsolution! I disabled every plugin but
   the WP Security, and I switched to the TwentyFourteen theme, and it’s still accepting
   comments regardless of the Captcha input…BUT (hopefully this helps someone else
   in the future) I realized I was logged in as the administrator…when I am NOT 
   logged in as the administrator (as will be the case for most commentators) the
   captcha code worked exactly as it should…Reactivated the main theme and all of
   the plugins, and it still works perfectly for non administrators…and of course,
   everything else with this plugin seems to be working quite well!
 * Thanks again.

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 * Last activity: [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comment-captcha-does-nothing/#post-5694875)
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