Title: Stop User Registration
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Stop User Registration

 *  [TomVA](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tomva/)
 * (@tomva)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/stop-user-registration/)
 * I do not want users to be able to register on my site and have the “anyone can
   register” option unchecked. Still, I find here and there, I get a registered 
   user. I’m not sure how that is happening and what I can do to prevent registration.
   I’m sure this reflects a newbie misunderstanding of how registration works within
   WP, so enlightenment and / or pointing to a resource would be most appreciated.
 * Thanks
 * Tom

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 *  [leejosepho](https://wordpress.org/support/users/leejosepho/)
 * (@leejosepho)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/stop-user-registration/#post-5537481)
 * I twice had new accounts show up at a site even though I had “Anyone can register”
   un-checked, and that stopped immediately after I had deleted an FTP account I
   had made for someone. Overall, you might need to change at least your MySQL database
   password at cPanel phpMyAdmin and in wp-config.php (matching) to help assure 
   no outside access is being made there. Also, maybe put your own domain in here
   and check to be certain a message saying registration is not available is returned:
 * `http://www.example.com/wp-login.php?action=register`

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last reply from: [leejosepho](https://wordpress.org/support/users/leejosepho/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/stop-user-registration/#post-5537481)
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