Hello, I updated to Joomla 5.2.0 this morning, and since then the google reCAPTCHA no longer works. Not even the invisible one. Before the update everything was working great. These plugins also work outside of SP Page Builder pro. Please help, or is an SP Page Builder Pro update planned so that the plugins work again?
Joomla 5.2.0 and CAPTCHA - Invisible reCAPTCHA // Captcha - reCAPTCHA v3
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Hi Tobias,
But ReCAPTCHA are Joomla core plugins, not from JoomShaper, and never were.
Probably you have to install them manually again. Check topic(s) on forum.joomla.org
You can also read my unoffcial tip > https://www.joomshaper.com/documentation/sp-page-builder/how-to-tips#how-to-add-recaptcha-inivisble-v2-in-joomla-5
But I didn't test it on J5.2 yet.
As far as I know, the ReCAPTCHA V3 plugin was/is an external one (made by SharkyKZ), not related to Joomla Core.
And on my sites even after update from Joomla 4.4.8 and 5.1 to Joomla 5.2 that plugin still exist. Whether it still works is another topic.

HI Paul
I have installed ReCAPTCHA V3 plugin by SharkyKZ on a Joomla 5.2 site and it works on my registration page.
But if I try to use it on my contact page I get the following error.
Please make sure the selected Captcha is enabled or the Captcha secret/site key is valid.
https://www.pm-online.it/component/sppagebuilder/page/53
Could you please help?
Regards
Hello, yes. It's there for me too. But it no longer works with SP Page Builder pro.
About which version "RC" exactly we are talking about? Which one worked day ago, which one gone.
Confirmed no longer working with Joomla 5.2. Talking about the invisible reCAPTCHA. Worked with SPPB on Joomla 5.1.x.
Uncaught (in promise) TypeError: s.getElementsByClassName(...).forEach is not a function at a.JoomlainitReCaptchaInvisible (recaptcha.min.js?b123e6:5:182)
Hello, okay. So again: After updating to Joomla 5.2, the reCaptchas no longer work. The extensions are there, also work with Joomla forms, but not in the SP Page Builder with the forms.
@Tobias - exactly. I don"t understand what's the long-term trouble with integrating captchas already integrated into Joomla here with SPPB. Posting suggestions like "use geoip blocking instead" is completely unacceptable.
Please integrate it once and properly so that it does not break every couple of weeks and is usable with whatever Joomla recognizes as captcha. :-(
Now I'm again stuck with the hCaptcha things that users don't understand, or the bad joke integrated into the SPPB form addons with preconfigured static Q/A, which is completely ineffective against spam.
I have exactly the same problem. Since the update to version 5.2, reCaptcha (V3) no longer works. Before the update it worked fine. The Google Dashboard shows me that everything was installed correctly and before the update I could see that illegal requests were intercepted. Afterwards not anymore. The only thing I have changed is the update to version 5.2. I also have other websites with templates from other developers. I don't have the problem there. So it is definitely a Joomshaper problem.
Edit: I have now tried the V2 (visible) version of recaptcha. It seems to work without any problems.
Silvio, where did you get the v2 recaptcha plugin? Thanks.
Thanks again. The v2 cbeckbox indeed works.
@Tomáš, Does reCAPTCHA v2 works now inside your SPPB Forms?
And problem with ReCAPTCHA V3 maybe caused by plugin itself, not always it's our fault. This plugin was updated a serveral months ago, anything could happen. Check comments on gitgub.
Yes, the v2 checkbox works with SPPB. I never used the v3, however see this comment made by another user:
I also have other websites with templates from other developers. I don't have the problem there. So it is definitely a Joomshaper problem.
That's why we are checking that. Other Form components use they own Recaptcha code, built-in. That is something else.
It's a bug in Joomla: https://issues.joomla.org/tracker/joomla-cms/44294 - they are work on it.