Title: [Plugin: Contact Form 7] Captcha problem.
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# [Plugin: Contact Form 7] Captcha problem.

 *  [Joseph](https://wordpress.org/support/users/xmsmmgrs/)
 * (@xmsmmgrs)
 * [17 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-contact-form-7-captcha-problem/)
 * Hello
 * I have installed contact-form-7.1.8.0.1 and my catcha is not working!
 * This is my code:
 * > <p>Your Name (required)
   >  [text* your-name] </p>
   > <p>Your Email (required)
   >  [email* your-email] </p>
   > <p>Subject (required)
   >  [text* your-subject] </p>
   > <p>Your Message (required)
   >  [textarea* your-message] </p>
   > <p>Enter the code: [captchac captcha-790 size:l fg:#FFFFFF bg:#000000]</p>
   > 
   > <p>[captchar captcha-790]</p>
   > <p>[submit “Send”]</p>
 * Where the image should be is nothing, not even in the source of the page.
 * >  <span class=”wpcf7-form-control-wrap your-message”><textarea name=”your-message”
   > class=”wpcf7-validates-as-required” cols=”40″ rows=”10″></textarea></span> 
   > </p>
   >  <p>Enter the code: </p>
   > <p><span class=”wpcf7-form-control-wrap captcha-790″><input type=”text” name
   > =”captcha-790″ value=”” size=”40″ /></span></p>
   >  <p><input type=”submit” value
   > =”Send” /> <img class=”ajax-loader” style=”visibility: hidden;” alt=”ajax loader”
   > src=”[http://www.epsychology.us/wp-content/plugins/contact-form-7/images/ajax-loader.gif&#8221](http://www.epsychology.us/wp-content/plugins/contact-form-7/images/ajax-loader.gif&#8221);/
   > ></p>
 * What is happening? Why isn`t it working?

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 *  [BrianTokyo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/briantokyo/)
 * (@briantokyo)
 * [17 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-contact-form-7-captcha-problem/#post-846011)
 * You need to include a 2nd tag for the image, generated in the form designer, 
   and following the [captchar captcha-790]
 *  Thread Starter [Joseph](https://wordpress.org/support/users/xmsmmgrs/)
 * (@xmsmmgrs)
 * [17 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-contact-form-7-captcha-problem/#post-846012)
 * I have included both!
 * > <p>Enter the code: [captchac captcha-790 size:l fg:#FFFFFF bg:#000000]</p>
   > 
   > <p>[captchar captcha-790]</p>
 * Is there something else that I need to include?
 *  [BrianTokyo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/briantokyo/)
 * (@briantokyo)
 * [17 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-contact-form-7-captcha-problem/#post-846013)
 * Ahh right, sorry, didn’t see that in the source somehow. I actually tried this
   form yesterday and it did show the images fine, but it always said the code was
   wrong when trying to send so I gave up. Today I’ve upgraded to wp 2.6.1 and this
   pluging doesn’t work at all anymore, so shrug.. maybe find a new one.
 *  Thread Starter [Joseph](https://wordpress.org/support/users/xmsmmgrs/)
 * (@xmsmmgrs)
 * [17 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-contact-form-7-captcha-problem/#post-846167)
 * Anyone else with some solution for this?
 *  [Takayuki Miyoshi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/takayukister/)
 * (@takayukister)
 * [17 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-contact-form-7-captcha-problem/#post-846174)
 * xmsmmgrs,
 * 1) Make sure GD and FreeType libraries are installed on your server.
    2) Make
   sure _wp-contents/uploads/wpcf7\_captcha_ folder exists and is writable.
 *  [jennag](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jennag/)
 * (@jennag)
 * [17 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-contact-form-7-captcha-problem/#post-846329)
 * I have confirmed I have both:
    GD and FreeType libraries are installed on my 
   server and wp-contents/uploads/wpcf7_captcha folder exists and is writable but
   I still get rejected every time I use the captcha (in testing). Any ideas?
 *  [bebek_ijo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bebek_ijo/)
 * (@bebek_ijo)
 * [17 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-contact-form-7-captcha-problem/#post-846333)
 * i’ve found similar problem but i’ve tried to delete the content on
    _wp-contents/
   uploads/wpcf7\_captcha_ and make the folder writable, now the captcha works hope
   it helps
 *  [alskotnica](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alskotnica/)
 * (@alskotnica)
 * [17 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-contact-form-7-captcha-problem/#post-846360)
 * Also I have a problem. GD and FreeType is installed, the directory / files/wpcf7_captcha/
   is set right, but the image is black.
 * In the form I have set [captchac captcha-477 id: captcha-477].
 * [http://www.henna.eu/files/wpcf7_captcha/26273662.png](http://www.henna.eu/files/wpcf7_captcha/26273662.png)

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 * Last reply from: [alskotnica](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alskotnica/)
 * Last activity: [17 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-contact-form-7-captcha-problem/#post-846360)
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