Can This Be Used With WP-Members?

Hi kingcodefish,

You are welcome! WP-SpamShield can’t stop registration spam if another plugin bypasses WordPress’ native registration system, which it looks like WP-Members does (based on the description on its page – I haven’t tested it or examined the code).

WordPress plugins work because it has a system of hooks that plugins can use to modify functionality. Unfortunately if a plugin takes over a certain type of functionality (like the login process), then other plugins have no way of interacting with it anymore, so in this case there’s not really much I can do.

I’m kind of surprised though that the WP-Members plugin would take over that functionality without adding spam protection. That seems like it would be an obvious necessity. I will look into it though and see if there’s any kind of workaround.

– Scott

Hi kingcodefish,

There really isn’t much else I can do to test compatibility on my end. We don’t use that plugin on ours or any of our client sites. As I mentioned above, please keep in mind that any plugin that changes WordPress core functionality directly related to registration will likely conflict, so unfortunately that takes the resolution of this issue out of my hands.

Plugins can only function reliably when the site is operating according to the WordPress system of hooks, actions and filters as outlined in the WordPress documentation. Plugins bring a lot of freedom to a site owner and can add or remove features, but as a user it’s important to realize that this can affect other plugins, and prevent them from working in one or more areas.

It sounds like the other plugin needs to add some kind of registration spam protection. As with all WordPress plugins, it’s going to require that users test and see which combinations work for you.

As there is not an error with WP-SpamShield, I’m going to mark this topic as resolved.

– Scott