Title: Plugin that stops spam registration?
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Plugin that stops spam registration?

 *  [nickaster](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nickaster/)
 * (@nickaster)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-that-stops-spam-registration/)
 * Howdy – i use akismet for spam and it’s great, but it doesn’t seem to stop spam
   robots from registering as users on my site. Granted, these robots can’t actually
   do anything, because they never validate their email. But it’s stil annoying 
   to have hundreds of fake people in my data base. Any easy way to get rid of them?
 * Thanks!

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 *  [Samuel B](https://wordpress.org/support/users/samboll/)
 * (@samboll)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-that-stops-spam-registration/#post-1822876)
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bad-behavior/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bad-behavior/)
 *  Thread Starter [nickaster](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nickaster/)
 * (@nickaster)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-that-stops-spam-registration/#post-1823157)
 * Thanks!
 * Okay…. so I must be doing something wrong. I installed bad behavior earlier today
   and activated it and these blasted Russian email addresses are still rolling 
   in. I got three of them since turning Bad Behavior on.
 * I don’t see a whole lot in terms of settings options in the plug in menu. Am 
   I missing something?
 *  [briggstown](https://wordpress.org/support/users/briggstown/)
 * (@briggstown)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-that-stops-spam-registration/#post-1823205)
 * Try [SABRE](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/sabre/) (Simple Anti Bot Registration
   Engine) and tell us if that works for you.
 * The most **effective** feature is the stealth test.
 * **Go To Stealth Options > Enable Stealth Test**
 * [Anti-Captcha](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/anti-captcha/) also protects
   your registration.
 * Don’t bother with [Captchas](http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/26/technology/26captcha.html).
   They are [worthless](http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/42120).

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 * Last activity: [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-that-stops-spam-registration/#post-1823205)
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