Topic: [Resolved] My BuddyPress Multi-site receives lots of spam

[Resolved] My BuddyPress Multi-site receives lots of spam

Zachary DuBois
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@zachary-dubois

11 years, 4 months ago

Hi, Lately I have been getting lots of spam from a spam bot attacking my site. The problem is it has several different IPs and I can just block it from the server. I need a reCaptcha plugin for the login form that works and is being updated for the newer versions of BuddyPress. So far, all of the reCaptcha plugins I have used haven’t been updated and don’t show up. The old way I was stopping spam was blocking all email domains that aren’t from the most popular ones (Ex: Gmail, Yahoo, etc) but now this bot is using Gmail and I will not block that email from my site. Someone please help before I need to clean up the database twice this month.

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Ben Hansen
Participant

@ubernaut

11 years, 4 months ago

i’ve used SI CAPTCHA Anti-Spam on a single install without issue, never tested with multisite though.

Zachary DuBois
Participant

@zachary-dubois

11 years, 4 months ago

Ok, I will try this. Also, how are users registering and not setting up their profile. They are shown in the backend off my site but not the front end. Is there a way to stop this too?

Toby Cryns (@themightymo)
Participant

@themightymo

11 years, 4 months ago

@ubernaut,

You can also use the following plugins for higher-level ip blocking and behavior blocking:
– Bad Behavior
– WordFence
– Better WP Security

David Cavins
Keymaster

@dcavins

11 years, 4 months ago

You can use BuddyPress Humanity to stop bots:
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/buddypress-humanity/

or the honey pot method: https://github.com/pixeljar/BuddyPress-Honeypot

If necessary, you can manually approve users:
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bp-registration-options/

Zachary DuBois
Participant

@zachary-dubois

11 years, 4 months ago

@themightymo,
Before I install any of these are they verified for a BuddyPress Multi site install? I’m liking the look of those plugins.

@dcavins,
That first plugin hasn’t been updated in a very long time. Not sure if I should trust it. Also, its kind of annoying to manually approve users. I need something more automated.

If WordPress had reCaptcha integrated that would be sweet.

Toby Cryns (@themightymo)
Participant

@themightymo

11 years, 4 months ago

@zachary-dubois – All three of the plugins I mention are Multi-site and BuddyPress-compatible. I also recommend SI CAPTCHA Anti-Spam.

Zachary DuBois
Participant

@zachary-dubois

11 years, 4 months ago

Ok just had them installed. Thanks 🙂

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