Title: Random user sign ups
Last modified: May 11, 2017

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# Random user sign ups

 *  [laughingoutloud](https://wordpress.org/support/users/laughingoutloud/)
 * (@laughingoutloud)
 * [9 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/random-user-sign-ups/)
 * My site is inactive, there’s hardly anything on it yet and it’s in construction
   mode. When you go onto the site you just see a coming soon page. There’s no where
   for people to sign up but in the admin area I am seeing over 400 people signed
   up with customer roles alongside myself as administrator. How is this possible?

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 *  [xheight](https://wordpress.org/support/users/xheight/)
 * (@xheight)
 * [9 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/random-user-sign-ups/#post-9120931)
 * Bots and fishing scripts looking for sites. I would suggest getting some security
   running on the site ASAP.
 * -Sean
 *  Thread Starter [laughingoutloud](https://wordpress.org/support/users/laughingoutloud/)
 * (@laughingoutloud)
 * [9 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/random-user-sign-ups/#post-9120939)
 * Thanks, any suggestions?
 *  [xheight](https://wordpress.org/support/users/xheight/)
 * (@xheight)
 * [9 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/random-user-sign-ups/#post-9120942)
 * wordfence or ithemes security is what I use.
 *  [davidbowmanuk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davidbowmanuk/)
 * (@davidbowmanuk)
 * [8 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/random-user-sign-ups/#post-9196868)
 * Wordfence doesn’t stop this. A google search article suggests WP blocking plugins
   and sucuri. Though there are problems in using Wordfence and sucuri together.
 * I suggest you set WordPress to send an E mail when new users subscribe. At least
   you can delete them. Though this maybe shutting the stable door after the horse
   has left.
 * I fear its a problem of having ‘any users can subscribe’ ticked in the setting.
 * Which is necessary for membership sites.
 * This has gone on for years.
 * What I don’t understand, is what benefit the bots get from registration. Apart
   from knowing that the site is running WordPress. With all the security/update
   issues that brings.

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## Tags

 * [fake users](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/fake-users/)
 * [hacking](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/hacking/)
 * [user sign up](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/user-sign-up/)

 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 4 replies
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 * Last reply from: [davidbowmanuk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davidbowmanuk/)
 * Last activity: [8 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/random-user-sign-ups/#post-9196868)
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