After the 4.8 Update : No send message and Jquery Error

hi everyone.

if you disable WP REST API on your wordpress website or if you want to use your wordpress website without WP REST API: you will not use this plugin again yet.

the plugin author couldn’t help about this issue.

and if you update this plugin to 4.8 your forms will not work.

if you roll back to version of 4.7 or
if you are ussing yet on version of 4.7 and if you want to close Contact Form 7 Updates:

you can add the codes on bottom of this message to your theme functions.php file.

this code; will disable the Contact Form 7 updates. And you can use it on 4.7 version without issue.

becouse version of 4.8 contains a lot of issue like this and plugin dont work.

Thanks!

The Function Code:

// Disable CF7 Plugin Updates code on
function specific_filter_plugin_updates( $value ) {
   if( isset( $value->response['contact-form-7/wp-contact-form-7.php'] ) ) {        
      unset( $value->response['contact-form-7/wp-contact-form-7.php'] );
    }
    return $value;
 }
add_filter( 'site_transient_update_plugins', 'specific_filter_plugin_updates' );
// Disable CF7 Plugin Updates code off

function code reference:
https://stackoverflow.com/a/23769141

• This reply was modified 7 years, 5 months ago by Mehmet Baris. Reason: spell check
• This reply was modified 7 years, 5 months ago by Mehmet Baris.

I did not disable WP REST API – I even don’t know how and what this means. So why should I disable updates?

hello @noapi1
i wrote

“if you disabled WP REST API”

bcs some people’s disabling WP REST API for personal reason.
thanks.

• This reply was modified 7 years, 5 months ago by Mehmet Baris. Reason: spell check

What is WP REST API?
And why is CF7 not working for me even though I did not knowingly disabled REST?

@noapi1

wp rest api:
https://developer.www.ads-software.com/rest-api/

if you have another issue you can contact with plugin author via a new ticket/topic.

thanks.

Got the same problem here, WP 4.8

I had this problem.

Decision:
plugin “iThemes Security”: enable setting (allow) “WordPress Tweaks” => “WordPress’ XML-RPC feature allows hundreds of username and password guesses per request. Use the recommended “Block” setting below to prevent attackers from exploiting this feature.”

If you disabled REST API in function.php: delete the lines in function.php:
remove_action( ‘init’, ‘rest_api_init’ );
remove_action( ‘rest_api_init’, ‘rest_api_default_filters’, 10, 1 );
remove_action( ‘parse_request’, ‘rest_api_loaded’ );

Now my problem is solved.

• This reply was modified 7 years, 5 months ago by VIKTAR.

hello @slyox

i am telling again… nobody cant understand this and thats makes me crazy!

“i dont want to use WP REST API”

“i disabled it specificly, directly, by myself!”

am i clear now?

the plugin author messed the plugin with this update.

he force the Plugin Users to activate WP REST API!

i am looking another alternative contact form like CF7 and i am nearly close.

this issue is really stupid…

Any recommendation for an alternative?

hello @noapi1

Ninja Forms plugin, looking good just now. but i am testing on it and i cant recommend it yet.

Bcs ninja forms works with our database and this situation slows admin panel down.
and i dont like the plugins who want to use my database…

and ninja forms, crash the other plugins sometimes. my some websites works perfect and some others crashed…

i am working on it.

but i can recomend you another solution.

back up your contact forms div tables and mail tables a new document on your pc.

download the “contact form 7” version of 4.7.

create new forms again with the backup forms.

close the Contact Form 7 updates on functions.php

you can use the plugin again now like before 4.8 update.

thats my solution.

thanks

I really would like a solution. Yesterday I lost all 6 complex forms when downgrading to 4.7 and had to code 2h to get them from hand from my database backup. Really annoying after many years of no issues wit CF7.

Hi there!
Did anyone find a solution? I have the same issue as @lokiss. As soon as I click on Submit, the page refreshs and the URL adds some code to it (#wpcf7-f1023-p634-o1). All the data goes through but as the page refreshs, nobody would know…
Thanks for your help!
Best,
Hanna

hi @hannawp

there is no solution yet.

the plugin force the users to use rest api after the 4.8 update

if you disabled rest api you can not use the cf7 plugin after 4.8 update.

if you dont want to use rest api specificly you can rollback to 4.7 update to use again.

or you can enable the rest api and the plugin can work again on 4.8 update.

thanks.

Hi @gecedergi,
thanks for your quick answer. I read that already and installed the WP Rest Api version 2 and activated it, still no change. Is there anything else I need to change in the setup besides just activating it?
Thanks!

hi again @hannawp

can i get your website url to check it

thanks