Hello Michael,

Formea was designed to integrate seamlessly with Joomla!'s native Captcha functionality, initially supporting the built-in Captcha plugins included with Joomla!. However, since Joomla! 5 has discontinued the official Captcha plugins, users now have to rely on third-party Captcha extensions. Unfortunately, these plugins often use different approaches to validate Captcha, which creates compatibility challenges for Formea. We are aware that some Captcha plugins available in the Joomla Extensions Directory (JED) may conflict with Formea's functionality.

While we work on a solution to adapt to third-party Captcha extensions, I recommend using the official Joomla! reCaptcha plugin released with Joomla! 4. This plugin can still be installed and used in Joomla! 5.

To make it easier, I’ve attached the reCaptcha plugin for you to download and try out. Alternatively, if you prefer to package it yourself, you can extract it from the Joomla! 4 source files under the plugins > captcha folder.

Please let me know how it works for you.