Title: Getting spammed !
Last modified: December 14, 2018

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# Getting spammed !

 *  [rygig](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rygig/)
 * (@rygig)
 * [7 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/getting-spammed-2/)
 * After I updated to the latest release and v3 of captcha, I am getting hundreds
   of spams! every 30 minutes, there are 10 spams in my inbox!
 * I dont understand, no testing was done before releasing an update to 5+ million
   people? now there are millions of websites with broken contact form and millions
   of spams!
 * very bad

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 *  [Neil Murray](https://wordpress.org/support/users/buzztone/)
 * (@buzztone)
 * [7 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/getting-spammed-2/#post-10987254)
 * reCAPTCHA v3 was added by the plugin author (Takayuki Miyoshi – not me) after
   [repeated requests from CF7 users](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/recaptcha-version-3/)
   to do this.
 * If others reading this are having trouble with reCAPTCHA v3 on their site, I 
   recommend you check your Integration Setup using [https://contactform7.com/recaptcha/](https://contactform7.com/recaptcha/).
 * The newly added [reCAPTCHA v3](https://contactform7.com/recaptcha/) system has
   to learn what is and is not spam. [Google reCAPTCHA](https://www.google.com/recaptcha/)
   warns this when creating your keys.
 * You could also consider adding [Spam Filtering with Akismet](https://contactform7.com/spam-filtering-with-akismet/)
   while waiting for ReCAPTCHA v3 to learn.
 *  [Brendan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brendymullan/)
 * (@brendymullan)
 * [7 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/getting-spammed-2/#post-10988524)
 * It should definitely not been a forced option. Automatically removing everyones
   V2 keys is a bizzare move.
 * Until the author updates to fix the plugin you can download a previous version
   here:
 * [https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/contact-form-7/advanced/](https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/contact-form-7/advanced/)
 * Just scroll to the bottom and use the dropdown menu to select the last version.
 * If you ever need to do this with other plugins, go to the main download page 
   for any plugin and on the right hand side there’s an option ‘Advanced View’ just
   above the ratings.
    -  This reply was modified 7 years, 6 months ago by [Brendan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brendymullan/).

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 * Last reply from: [Brendan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brendymullan/)
 * Last activity: [7 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/getting-spammed-2/#post-10988524)
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