1,000s of ghost subscriptions

  • paullee357

    (@paullee357)


    3 years ago

    Been a while since I checked the backend, but there are 1,000s of ghost subscriptions from multiple users. Trying to delete them is taking forever. We only have about 6 comments on the whole site, but an uncountable number of comment subscriptions. Looks like hundreds a day our being created

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  • Plugin Author WPKube

    (@wpkube)

    3 years ago

    Hi @paullee357

    Those are most likely through the “subscribe without commenting form”. Spam bots going through the site, run into the form and submit it.

    There are a few anti-spam functionalities in the plugin that you can enable.

    1) Challenge question/answer (WP admin > StCR > Options)
    2) Google reCAPTCHA (WP admin > StCR > Options)
    3) Disabling the “Subscribe without comment” (WP admin > StCR > Management Page)

    You can clear all subscriptions at once in WP admin > STCR > Options. At the bottom is the button for that, make sure to switch it to “Yes” so it deletes subscriptions as well.

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