'Anyone can register' Disables. Still getting new users.

  • v3ism3

    (@v3ism3)


    11 years, 9 months ago

    How do I stop new users from registering on my new site?

    I have > Settings > ‘Anyone can register’ UNCHECKED

    Still I have 10+ new users today.

    My logs show alot of these requests…
    “POST /wp-login.php?action=register HTTP/1.1” 200

    But how does this process still work when disabled?
    Is this security through obscurity? if so, not very effective 🙁

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  • anonymized-13749270

    (@anonymized-13749270)

    11 years, 9 months ago

    those are spam bots and i suggest to lock your logging page like i do currently. but ONLY if you don’t have users to your site, make a redirect /wp-login.php?action=register to somewhere else , like / and add a reference so you know the source while monitoring traffic , like /?ref=redirect ..
    sorry my solution seems very stupid but it is the one i use to stop bots from attacking my site..

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