Can't log in to my wordpress site or uninstall reCaptcha

[RebeccaMigdal]

My blog now has reCaptcha on it, although I didn't install it myself.

Possibly it was installed with a recent automatic Wordpress upgrade?

It's the old version of reCaptcha and not supported. Anyway I can't log in to my site now (I'm the admin.)

The page message says:

"As an added security messure, your host has introduced a captcha image to prevent brute-force attacks on your login page. You will be directed to your login page once you successfully complete the the Captcha below.”

However the CAPTCHA only says: "reCAPTCHA V1 is SHUTDOWN - Direct Site owners to g.co/recapthcha/upgrade”

I can't figure out how to disable the plugin. 

It's installed in a folder called "WP-LC" but when I try and disable it by renaming it, the whole site goes down.

It looks like my wordpress version has just been automatically updated, but I don’t know if this is the reason it’s happening.

I can't figure out how to disable it. 

If anyone can assist me I'd be very grateful.

Rebecca

[Ernst Vuyk]

I have the same issue, and many people have it, under different "Heads"

[claire...@gmail.com]

After Googling like crazy, I found this and many other reports of the problem from July 2018 --- but none with answers.  So here's worked for me, recorded for posterity's sake.

The offending files seems to be wp-lc.php, found in /WP-LC, which is in the same directory as public_html.  Disabling /WP-LC/ by renaming it only serves to break the website.

Within public_html/, there's a php.ini file that points to wp-lc.php using auto_prepend_file.  Delete that line and the login page for wordpress will work.  Ta da!!

(This doesn't solve the issue of recaptcha being out of date).

[James Fuller]

Regarding the login I had an issue with a plugin blocking my IP address. I was able to get around the block by deleting the plugin folder completely after saving a backup. Plugins are ignored if they don't have a folder. Perhaps this would work with your site. Create a backup of the offending plugin, delete the folder, log back in to your website and reinstall the current updated version of the plugin. This should solve both of your issues. However you might need to create a new recaptcha key in google/myrecaptcha

Regards

~James
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