Help getting a reCAPTCHA key set up?

  • Wootie

    (@wootie)


    5 months, 1 week ago

    So…I have a lot of WP sites I built a long time ago, like think starting 20 years ago. When reCAPTCHA came along originally, I signed up for that stuff for all my sites and set up my forms with the reCAPTCHA check and all has been well for…well, I don’t even know. I bet it’s been 10 years since I messed with anything…because it all keeps working 😉

    Fast forward to today and I’m trying to help a friend set up a website, and wanted a contact form…so as per usual, went to try to create a reCAPTCHA key. First had to discover where the hell all the Google admin stuff went, because it isn’t anywhere that it used to be 😀 Wound up logged into the Google Search Console and I can see domains in there but no way to see existing reCAPTCHA stuff. Apparently supposed to do that in “Google Cloud Platform” something or other these days – but even when logged in there I can’t see any of my existing domains that have working reCAPTCHA on them. So I have zero idea where to go if I need to do anything with any of my existing sites…

    But anyway, just to get this new site going I tried to follow the directions in the Google Cloud Platform admin console, like here: https://console.cloud.google.com/

    It’s clearly meant for people actually writing code, but thought I found what the forms thing wanted with the old-school ID and secret key – but wasn’t working through the form – but apparently there were still steps I was supposed to do to verify it and “request tokens” – I have the .json file on the root of the new website, and maybe figured out that I’m supposed to have an “enterprise API key” as well, which I went and generated…but just trying to test with the REST API link (which I think should just work from the URL bar in a browser…?) I keep getting “This recaptchaenterprise.googleapis.com page can’t be found” 404 error…just trying to follow the instructions in the Google admin page. But this is sheer insanity. I can’t believe how heinously difficult this has become, when the first couple dozen times I did it it was like 5 minutes per website to make it work.

    So…does anyone have access to an ACTUAL documentation/instructions on how to set up a reCAPTCHA keyset or whatever, just to make it work with a forms plugin on WP? I am at my wit’s end and pretty much ready to just give up and never try to set up a WP site ever again.

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  • Moderator threadi

    (@threadi)

    5 months, 1 week ago

    Adding to the confusion is the fact that there are currently two different versions of reCaptcha that can be used. Which one is used in your case depends on the form plugin you are using. Which one are you using? It may have documentation on this, or you can contact their support team to ask about the procedure.

    Please note that WordPress itself does not provide or support reCaptcha. This is only done through plugins.

    You may also be interested in alternatives to reCaptcha. There are several options available, which you should choose depending on the form plugin you are using: https://ww.wp.xz.cn/plugins/tags/captcha/ or https://ww.wp.xz.cn/plugins/search/antispam/

    Thread Starter Wootie

    (@wootie)

    5 months, 1 week ago

    Trying to set up Form Maker, which is what I have used most in the past. I will look at those other options you posted…thanks!

    Moderator threadi

    (@threadi)

    5 months, 1 week ago

    I don’t see any mention of reCaptcha in the descriptions for the Form Maker plugin. However, I don’t know much about it and would recommend contacting their support forum if you have any questions: https://ww.wp.xz.cn/support/plugin/form-maker/

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