Title: [Plugin: Custom Contact Forms] captcha image not generated
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# [Plugin: Custom Contact Forms] captcha image not generated

 *  [Sam](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sdominique/)
 * (@sdominique)
 * [13 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-custom-contact-forms-captcha-image-not-generated/)
 * Hello, instead of showing a captcha image the plugin inserts an image that says
   captcha image for custom contact forms plugin, you must type the numbers shown
   in the image. How do I get the captcha images to show?
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/custom-contact-forms/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/custom-contact-forms/)

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 *  [carrierawks](https://wordpress.org/support/users/carrierawks/)
 * (@carrierawks)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-custom-contact-forms-captcha-image-not-generated/#post-2998774)
 * I am also having issues with this too on a site I am building.
 *  [irseoart.com](https://wordpress.org/support/users/irseoartcom/)
 * (@irseoartcom)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-custom-contact-forms-captcha-image-not-generated/#post-2998790)
 * i am having same problem
 * no body to help our three?
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 *  [misterpeter](https://wordpress.org/support/users/misterpeter/)
 * (@misterpeter)
 * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-custom-contact-forms-captcha-image-not-generated/#post-2998796)
 * This can be solved by doing the following:
    1. Sign up for captcha (now owned
   by google) to obtain a public and private key. It’s free: [http://www.google.com/recaptcha](http://www.google.com/recaptcha)
 * 2.
    Go into your WP admin controls and install, activate, and configure the captcha
   plugin: WP-reCAPTCHA (its searchable from within WP or you can download from 
   their here: [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-recaptcha/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-recaptcha/)
 * 3.
    Finally go into your custom contact form and make sure you attached the captcha
   field onto your form.
 * It took a couple minutes to finally start loading properly so be patient.
 * If this still doesn’t work then you have to make sure that:
    “Your theme must
   have a do_action(‘comment_form’, $post->ID); call right before the end of your
   form (Right before the closing form tag). Most themes do.” (from [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-recaptcha/other_notes/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-recaptcha/other_notes/))
 * Also make sure the wp-recaptcha plugin settings has the Comment Options =>Activation
   =>Enable for comments form check box enabled.
 * Hope this helps!

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