Title: Not Working
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# Not Working

 *  Resolved [jshonkwi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jshonkwi/)
 * (@jshonkwi)
 * [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/not-working-1389/)
 * I’ve installed the Wordfence plugin for my Buddypress site. I’m still receiving
   80-100 spam registration emails PER HOUR! Strangely, the actual user/subscriber
   count is not going up even with the massive amount of spam registration emails.
   I’ve set the security level to High in the options.
 * Any idea how I can make a dent in the amount of spam registrations?
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordfence/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordfence/)

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 *  [WFBrian](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wfbrian/)
 * (@wfbrian)
 * [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/not-working-1389/#post-6541898)
 * Hi,
 * Wordfence does not do anything about user registration. You’d want to look at
   a captcha solution or similar.
 * Thanks,
    Brian
 *  Thread Starter [jshonkwi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jshonkwi/)
 * (@jshonkwi)
 * [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/not-working-1389/#post-6541899)
 * That’s the strange thing. Captcha does nothing. In the last 24 hours, over 1,000
   spam registration emails have hit my junk mail. However, there are no new users
   according to the site.
 *  [WFBrian](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wfbrian/)
 * (@wfbrian)
 * [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/not-working-1389/#post-6541902)
 * Something may have access to send mail via your site since no users are being
   created. You could possibly have vulnerability issues with your themes and other
   plugins. They can leave your site vulnerable to hacking. Make sure these are 
   up-to-date.
 * Here are a couple links on site cleaning.
 * [https://www.wordfence.com/docs/how-to-clean-a-hacked-wordpress-site-using-wordfence/](https://www.wordfence.com/docs/how-to-clean-a-hacked-wordpress-site-using-wordfence/)
 * [http://codex.wordpress.org/Hardening_WordPress](http://codex.wordpress.org/Hardening_WordPress)
 *  Thread Starter [jshonkwi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jshonkwi/)
 * (@jshonkwi)
 * [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/not-working-1389/#post-6541912)
 * I’ve got Anti-Malware from GOTMLS.NET checking my site now. Hopefully, it’ll 
   find the culprit. Appreciate the replies!
 *  Plugin Author [WFMattR](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wfmattr/)
 * (@wfmattr)
 * [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/not-working-1389/#post-6541982)
 * Let us know how it goes, or if you need help if you think you have been hacked—
   the guides from Brian should also be helpful int hat case.
 * You can also check the access log for your site, to see if you’re actually seeing
   registration attempts — it’s possible someone has simply found your admin email
   address, and is spamming you from outside the site. (Possibly trying to get you
   to log into a fake site that looks like yours, to steal your login and password.)

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 * Last activity: [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/not-working-1389/#post-6541982)
 * Status: resolved