Actually, looking closer at the installed recaptcha, it doesn’t work well. For instance, if you type in the wrong code as a user, it gives you a message that you did it incorrectly but doesn’t save your post.
So, back to the drawing board with the original issue.
After installing the short code and correct form code, still can’t get it to work.
I think recaptcha_form is the correct shortcode. However, it’s not working. Need to ensure I’ve got this correct.
However, just found that a captcha type deal was included with the nominate theme I got. Just installed it and it’s working now. Doesn’t look great but hopefully it will cut down on spam.
Looking more into this, looks like:
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.
via: http://ww.wp.xz.cn/extend/plugins/wp-recaptcha/other_notes/
Do you know what the shortcode is? Can’t get these to work? http://ow.ly/5cfu3