I am suddenly get tons of new user registrations that are confirmed by email.
Sorry? Confirmed by email? That’s not something that is part of WordPress by default.
Well, now I am confused. I get emails that say [New User Registration] sent by wordpress@catholictravelblog.com
They’re not confirmations of anything. Just notifications that a new user has registered in your site. If you uncheck “anyone can register” in Settings -> General, no one will be able to register unless you (or another admin or editor) registers them manually. Do you have any reason to allow open registration on your site?
Well, I did not understand the process. I have no reason to allow open registration, but how do I allow the legitimate ones. You said enter them manually….how do I know who they are? Thanks.
First, can I ask how you would define the “legitimate” registrations?
Sorry I don’t know the correct lingo, but what I mean is that I want people who are genuinely interested in posting comments to be able to do so without having all these unwanted “new user registrations”.
The key point here is – how can WordPress (an effectively dumb piece of software) distinguish people who are genuinely interested in posting comments from those who simply want to post spam comments? I know I probably couldn’t until comments had been actually posted, so there’s no way that WordPress can.
Are you currently limiting comments to registered users only? If so, why?
I don’t know…..why not just give me your best suggestion and I will follow your advice.
Remove restrictions on commenting and uncheck “Anyone can register” in Settings -> General. Then activate Akismet and install http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/cookies-for-comments/
Thanks that helps. Just have to talk to me like a 6 year old. Anything above that leaves me lost.
If “anyone can regester” is unchecked will folks still be able to purchase an item through the site?
