Title: TEMP SOLUTION for spam problem
Last modified: December 15, 2018

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# TEMP SOLUTION for spam problem

 *  Resolved [JulesPryla](https://wordpress.org/support/users/julespryla/)
 * (@julespryla)
 * [7 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/temp-solution-for-spam-problem/)
 * Hi guys, if you have to fight against the spam attacks caused by the new update
   from cf7 with forcing you to use recaptcha V3, then simply use the rollback plugin.
   It allows you to install an earlier version. It could not be simplier.
 * [https://de.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-rollback/](https://de.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-rollback/)
 * I guess we all should wait for the next update from cf7 or check other plugins
   that make a better job.
 * Hope this helps

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 *  [fourwhitesocks](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fourwhitesocks/)
 * (@fourwhitesocks)
 * [7 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/temp-solution-for-spam-problem/#post-10989369)
 * Great thanks for that but then do we have to re-do all of the captcha keys again
   for version 2?
 * Uggg so much extra work if you have a lot of sites…
 *  Thread Starter [JulesPryla](https://wordpress.org/support/users/julespryla/)
 * (@julespryla)
 * [7 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/temp-solution-for-spam-problem/#post-10989386)
 * Yes unfortunately you have to re-add the V2 keys again. But I guess you don’t
   have to do it again afterwards because either they will give you the option to
   choose between V2 and V3 and then you’ll stick to V2 or you just don’t update
   for some time 😉
 *  [ianhsieh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ianhsieh/)
 * (@ianhsieh)
 * [7 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/temp-solution-for-spam-problem/#post-10989505)
 * [@fourwhitesocks](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fourwhitesocks/) There 
   is an unofficial fix for this issue.
 * Warning though… this is an UNOFFICIAL FIX, so use it at your own risk. It works
   for me though (at least for now).
 * [https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lots-of-spam-with-recaptcha-3-0-update/](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lots-of-spam-with-recaptcha-3-0-update/)
 *  [fourwhitesocks](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fourwhitesocks/)
 * (@fourwhitesocks)
 * [7 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/temp-solution-for-spam-problem/#post-10989622)
 * I understand that 🙂 but will it retain my custom forms??
 *  [ianhsieh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ianhsieh/)
 * (@ianhsieh)
 * [7 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/temp-solution-for-spam-problem/#post-10989647)
 * [@fourwhitesocks](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fourwhitesocks/) Nothing
   else should change. I haven’t have the need to rebuild my forms on the sites 
   that applied this fix. If you want to be careful, backup the site before making
   any change.
 *  [fourwhitesocks](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fourwhitesocks/)
 * (@fourwhitesocks)
 * [7 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/temp-solution-for-spam-problem/#post-10989759)
 * …So will rolling back to version 5.0 will do the trick?
 *  Thread Starter [JulesPryla](https://wordpress.org/support/users/julespryla/)
 * (@julespryla)
 * [7 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/temp-solution-for-spam-problem/#post-10989844)
 * yes

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