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Question<\/strong>: How do I setup captcha for contact forms created by the Contacts Component in Joomla 3.0?<\/p>\n

Answer<\/strong>: Configure the global captcha setting<\/a> in Joomla<\/p>\n

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By default, there does not appear to be any settings within the Joomla 3.0 Contacts Component<\/a> that deal with captcha setup. If you want to setup captcha for your contact forms, simply setup the captcha settings in Joomla\u2019s global configuration<\/a> and they will automatically be applied to your contact forms. The screenshot to the right shows what your contact forms will look like once a captcha plugin, like recaptcha, is configured.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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