Spammers and User Registration

  • Alex

    (@alexsmoot)


    11 years ago

    I continually receive emails that I have a new user registration. Some are potential clients whom I obviously would like, but 4/5 are obvious spammers. I’m pretty certain I’ve disabled commenting, but I still receive the registrations.

    1. Does anyone else receive this many spam registrations?
    2. Should I just disable the registration setting? Can I do this?
    3. On my WordPress dashboard, under “recent comments” there are several I would like to read, but the entire message is not visible. It just says approve, spam, etc.. If I select “approve” will these be posted to my website? I would not like this, I would just like to read them.

    Thanks to anyone who can offer assistance.

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  • esmi

    (@esmi)

    11 years ago

    1. Yes – it does happen.

    2. Yes. It’s in Settings -> General. The checkbox next to “Anyone can register”.

    3.

    If I select “approve” will these be posted to my website?

    Yes.

    thepeoplesmovies

    (@thepeoplesmovies)

    11 years ago

    yes last year i got 24,500 spam registrations, when I get 1500 visit average per day that 24.5k i got it in space of 5 days

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