Administration Joomla! 3.x • Re: Joomla 3 and Recaptcha v2

As per the previous posts, this is caused by a reCAPTCHA / MooTools conflict.

Assuming you can't immediately migrate to Joomla 4, the best solution is to upgrade Mootools in Joomla 3.

The latest versions of the MooTools files can be downloaded from:

• https://mootools.net/core (MooTools-Core-1.6.0.js)

• https://mootools.net/more (MooTools-More-1.6.0.js)

Rename the files and upload to:

• /media/system/js/mootools-core.js

• /media/system/js/mootools-more.js

Clear the Joomla cache and your web browser cache to ensure the updated files are being loaded.

Other Solutions

Switching to hCAPTCHA can help on some websites but some extensions e.g ChronoForms implement their own version of reCAPTCHA so installing hCAPTCHA won't fix this.

Completely or selectively disabling MooTools using jQuery Easy or MooTools Enabler/Disabler or similar can help on some websites but this is not an ideal solution as many Joomla 3 extensions rely on MooTools to function.

Statistics: Posted by ozneilau — Mon Jan 15, 2024 8:46 am

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