Auburnixi

An update:

It looks like these are two different problems.

CF7 did in fact break when I started using V3 ReCaptcha. We did a rollback to a previous version, and used the other plugin to force V2, and things are now working again.

However, “Forgot your password” and WP Forms are still not working. This is likely the SMTP issue. It was my mistake assuming these were related.

I would like to be using V3 but I don’t want it to break the forms again. If anyone has suggestions on why this might be happening (besides wp_footer in the footer), please advise.

• This reply was modified 6 years, 2 months ago by Auburnixi.

No – I’ve seen many cases where SMTP plugin test worked but SMTP is still set up incorrectly.

Okay, good to know.

There probably isn’t a link. It’s always possible that something changed on your WP install (that you may not even be aware of) at around the same time that you updated.

All I did at the time was change the keys for the V3 recaptcha. No updates to plugins or anything else, no other file uploads.

Don’t forget you are not getting “forgot your password” emails – this shows very clearly you are not sending emails from you entire WP install.

Trust me, I’m very aware of this fact. I’m not ignoring it, I’m just baffled because I haven’t done anything else here. The SMTP was working before, I changed settings for Contact Form 7, and now it’s not.
I suppose I was hoping more that CF7 edits might have changed some mail settings when I updated, and that caused the break. If that’s not the case, that’s fine.

If the “test email” that is available via the WP SMTP plugin still manages to send, does that still indicate the SMTP is set up incorrectly? I figured that was the cause but why would the test email still be able to fire?
Also, this all worked fine before updating the recaptcha. I haven’t been able to figure out the link between the update and my SMTP settings.

I suggest you forget about using early versions CF7 & instead focus on If You Have Email Problems – most people that work carefully through this list of email sending issues are able to solve their particular problems.

I’ve looked through these and eliminated most; SMTP still seems to be the most likely issue somehow but all the credentials and plugin setup have stayed the same.

Not updating WP is never good, but it’s almost certainly not the cause of your current email sending problems.

I know it’s not the cause of my problems; I’m concerned it will cause more issues because the theme wasn’t built to handle updates well. We are working on a new theme to replace this, but it won’t be ready this week.

Update: Managed to add class to current category, still looking for a way to display posts of that specific category, still within the list.

$categories = wp_list_categories('echo=0&title_li=0&child_of=16&orderby=name&current_category='.$category_id);