unwanted subscriber

  • Resolved Careton

    (@careton)


    11 years, 11 months ago

    Hello there,

    This morning I got an email message telling me I had a new (unwanted) user registration on my site. The name was added to my users list. How can that happen and how do I prevent people to subscribe and reach my back-end.

    Thanks, Ton

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  • Settings -> General

    Uncheck “Anyone Can Register” and that will disable registration.

    But right there you will also see default role which is probably set at subscriber. That role means they can’t do anything with your website at all. They can’t access anything special. So no harm done.

    Thread Starter Careton

    (@careton)

    Okay that’s it. Thanks Aaron for your time. Can you tell me how they register for I don’t see a way to do that once I am on the site (like a box to fill out or something). How does it work?

    It is most likely a spam bot of some sorts. The way these works is go to your site and then follow it with wp-login.php?registration which is the registration form. So you don’t need it clickable from your site for people to access it.

    But if you disable it then they cant access it.

    Thread Starter Careton

    (@careton)

    Thanks Aaron,

    I appreciate your help. Have a nice day.

    Ton

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