[Plugin: Contact Form 7] Trouble getting Captcha to work

Checking HTML source might give some clues. What is the URL of the site? There should be a <img src="..."> line at the place of CAPTCHA image. What is the src attribute referring?

Thank you for your answer!
The <img src=”…”> is referring to a .png image in /uploads/wpcf7_captcha/…
The thing is that this exact folder is empty. Maybe I’m missing a point here but shouldn’t ‘Really Simple Captcha’ automatically store the captcha images in this location?

Can you show the exact <img> tag line? Or, can you show the URL of the site?

Yes, of course… The URL is as follows: https://www.wineandfine.com
The captcha should be in the very first post.

If everything is OK and in the default settings, it should automatically create wpcf7_captcha folder under wp-content/uploads directory, then create {random_num}.png and {same_num}.php under the wpcf7_captcha folder.

If you see empty wpcf7_captcha folder, in other words, not only png files but also php files are missing, it implies that there is a problem relating more to file system (permissions or something other) rather than to image libraries.

I have no more idea at this time, so please find out for yourself. Have you contacted your server administrator or support person? They might find causes.

I am having the exact same problem.

The uploads folder exists, is in the correct location, and is writable. It’s empty though, and I can’t get anything display except a small bit of text that says “captcha” just like the original poster mentions.

p.s. using current version of WordPress, and the plug-in.

I have the same issue, no captcha image, and the text ‘captcha’ is displayed only.

The source code shows:
<input type="hidden" name="_wpcf7_captcha_challenge_captcha-156" value="172680513" /><img alt="captcha" src="https://mysite.com/wp-content/uploads/wpcf7_captcha/172680513.png" class="wpcf7-captcha-captcha-156" width="72" height="24" />

This directory is not empty however (there are 20 files in fact), and the directory has permissions of 777.

I also notice that the value of 172680513 is not present in the files in the directory. Corrupt install?

I deactivated/deleted both contact form and really simple captcha. I then reinstalled both from the WP plugin menu. I created my contact form with captcha = same result.

This time it did not create a wpcf7 folder. So I copied a php and png file from a backup, renamed them to match the current value being referenced in the code above (thus manually creating the folder and files). still, it only displays ‘captcha’.

Does something need to also be deleted from the DB when re-installing this plug-in?

Note: I have another WP site on the same server that uses this plug-in without error. So I don’t think its a sever configuration issue.

Note: I have another WP site on the same server that uses this plug-in without error. So I don’t think its a sever configuration issue.

Do you have any idea what is different between the two sites? How is WordPress version? Or, PHP version? Directory owner? .htaccess file?