SPAM Registration attempts

  • hampalm1

    (@hampalm1)


    3 years ago

    Hi
    I wonder if anyone can help with this
    I’m onlyusing your email verification plugin and it seems really good, it would seem this is the only thing saving me at the moment so I wondered if there is any further advice anyone might be able to offer with this.
    I have ran a memberships site for 6/7 years now and never had a problem with this until I switched to a new theme recently. The only differing factors are of course the theme but also Elementor and Woocommerce. I am speaking to the theme’s author but I get the feeling they are close to holding their hands in the air, I’ve spoke to my host and they directed me to the theme’s author, I spoke to Elementor and they said it wcouldnt be anything to do with their plugin and because woocommerce was bundled in with my theme I’m asking the theme’s author about woocommerce and have also submitted a post to the woocommerce forum. I have also submitted a post to the recatcha and Akismet forums.
    Baically I am getting absolutely bombarded with SPAM registrations. I have Akismet and recaptcha installed, so I would hope they were providing some protection but I dont know how to tell because they certainly arent stopping this issue. It seems your email verification plugin is the only thing saving me from them getting through at the moment but there are so many, logic would suggest it is only a matter of time before one gets through. Its also filling up my inbox with email notifications which I need and dont want to stop receiving them but its also inconvenient.
    I wondered if anyone might be able to offer any advice ?
    Thanks and kind regards
    Andrew

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  • Zohaib

    (@zohaibayub85)

    Hi,

    In addition to the measures you have already taken, I would like to suggest could you try and change the WordPress registration URL?

    Also can you track down the IPs from where these spam registrations are coming and possibly block them, if they are coming from say the same IP or same range of IPs?

    Thread Starter hampalm1

    (@hampalm1)

    Hi

    This is the current registration url
    https://yachtsandproperty.com/my-account/?register
    I’ve sent a message to the theme’s author asking how to change this but if you know please advise as that could save me some time.

    I don’t know if it is possible to track the IP addresses. Should I see if there is another plugin that could do that ? I’m a bit concerned about plugin conflict as I currently have your plugin, recaptcha, akismet, wordfence and woocommerce all playing a part in the registration process and then I have a url customisation plugin as well for the WP-Admin page. But if you think its worth trying another plugin, I could do some research ?

    Thanks for your time and kind regards

    Andrew

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