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  • #282050

    In reply to: Hackers Getting In….

    Venutius
    Moderator

    Ah great! Glad that one is solved. It’s only half of the solution though. These bots will still plague your site with registration requests. To get rid of those try https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-google-recaptcha/ thi sworked like a treat on my sites, totally eliminating spam bot registrations (for now…).

    #281962
    Venutius
    Moderator

    I’m not sure anything’s been done with it due to potential issues with spamming users. To work around this my suggestion would be to install one of the BuddyPress Mass Messaging plugins and email all with a link to the activity post. It’s a bit clumsy I know.

    #281801
    lookingahead
    Participant

    and FYI — i’m actually happy to report that i fixed this issue, but BP FORUMS HERE won’t let me post it LOL….apparently i’m using a keyword that some plugin thinks is ‘spam’…LOL. i’m enclosing all my code in code tags, so….no idea what the deal is. will come back here and post when i get the chance to figure out how.

    reinhardtjohn
    Participant

    Hello!

    I am currently using BuddyPress for a community site which is private. I have all of the site completely locked down, and the last thing I see possible for spam is that a user could create an account with a bad name, which can be seen if a user uses the search function on the members page.

    At the moment the Pending users are NOT showing up in the Members Loop, but do show up in the search. I am using a plugin to do the approval process, and another to remove the buddypress activation email.

    Is there any way to modify the members search page to not return users still pending?

    Please help!

    Never Active users ARE showing in the members page, but not pending ones. However, pending users are showing up in Members search results.

    Any help on where to start for editing the members search loop and checking the pending status would be great.

    #279275
    tsortore
    Participant

    Here is my theme and a list of plugins, most of which came with the premium theme. There have been no complaints I’ve found of the groups not working “out-of-the-box” with this theme.

    *** These were the only plugins that did NOT come with the theme.

    Theme: WOffice
    Active Plugins:

    • Akismet Anti-spam
    • All in one WP Migration
    • BP xProfile Location ***
    • BuddyPress
    • Buddypress Xprofile Fields Custom Css Classes ***
    • DP Pro Event Calendar
    • Eonet Live Notifications
    • File Away
    • GamiPress
    • LocateAnything ***
    • Slider Revolution
    • Unyson
    • User Role Editor ***(suggested and tested compatible plugin)
    • Wise Chat
    • WP ERP
    • WP ERP – PDF Invoice
    • WP Bakery Page Builder

    Still no luck getting group creation working.

    Thanks for your response! Any ideas?

    shanebp
    Moderator

    Please do not spam these forums.
    That includes posting the same topic in multiple forums.
    Your duplicate topics have been deleted.

    #276909
    jameswee
    Participant

    Unpacking the package…

    Upgrading the plugin…

    Backing up the old version of the plugin…

    The update cannot be installed because we will be unable to copy some files. This is usually due to inconsistent file permissions. bp-notifications/screens, bp-notifications/screens/read.php, bp-notifications/screens/unread.php, bp-notifications/actions, bp-notifications/actions/delete.php, bp-notifications/actions/bulk-manage.php, bp-members/screens, bp-members/screens/activate.php, bp-members/screens/profile.php, bp-members/screens/directory.php, bp-members/screens/register.php, bp-members/actions, bp-members/actions/random.php, bp-activity/screens, bp-activity/screens/permalink.php, bp-activity/screens/friends.php, bp-activity/screens/directory.php, bp-activity/screens/mentions.php, bp-activity/screens/groups.php, bp-activity/screens/favorites.php, bp-activity/screens/just-me.php, bp-activity/actions, bp-activity/actions/unfavorite.php, bp-activity/actions/delete.php, bp-activity/actions/favorite.php, bp-activity/actions/spam.php, bp-activity/actions/post.php, bp-activity/actions/reply.php, bp-activity/actions/feeds.php, bp-core/admin/sass, bp-core/admin/sass/hello.scss, bp-templates/bp-nouveau, bp-templates/bp-nouveau/sass, bp-templates/bp-nouveau/sass/_nouveau_messages.scss, bp-templates/bp-nouveau/sass/_nouveau_invites.scss, bp-templates/bp-nouveau/sass/buddypress.scss, bp-templates/bp-nouveau/buddypress, bp-templates/bp-nouveau/buddypress/members, bp-templates/bp-nouveau/buddypress/members/activate.php, bp-templates/bp-nouveau/buddypress/members/register.php, bp-templates/bp-nouveau/buddypress/members/index.php, bp-templates/bp-nouveau/buddypress/members/single, bp-templates/bp-nouveau/buddypress/members/single/blogs.php, bp-templates/bp-nouveau/buddypress/members/single/profile.php, bp-templates/bp-nouveau/buddypress/members/single/friends.php, bp-templates/bp-nouveau/buddypress/members/single/notifications.php, bp-templates/bp-nouveau/buddypress/members/single/home.php, bp-templates/bp-nouveau/buddypress/members/single/groups.php, bp-templates/bp-nouveau/buddypress/members/single/settings.php, bp-templates/bp-nouveau/buddypress/members/single/messages.php, bp-templates/bp-nouveau/buddypress/members/single/profile, bp-templates/bp-nouveau/buddypress/members/single/profile/change-avatar.php, bp-templates/bp-nouveau/buddypress/members/single/profile/edit.php, bp-templates/bp-nouveau/buddypress/members/single/profile/profile-loop.php, bp-templates/bp-nouveau/buddypress/members/single/profile/change-cover-image.php, bp-templates/bp-nouveau/buddypress/members/single/profile/profile-wp.php, bp-templates/bp-nouveau/buddypress/members/single/cover-image-header.php, bp-templates/bp-nouveau/buddypress/members/single/plugins.php, bp-templates/bp-nouveau/buddypress/members/single/default-front.php, bp-templates/bp-nouveau/buddypress/members/single/friends, bp-templates/bp-nouveau/buddypress/members/single/friends/requests.php, bp-templates/bp-

    #276652
    Prashant Singh
    Participant
    #276602

    In reply to: PM Spam

    proweb01
    Participant

    I installed this plugin and all PM spam stopped ever since. It requires a person to be your friend before they can PM you. https://wordpress.org/plugins/buddypress-private-message-for-friends-only/

    webagi
    Participant

    hello, when I load my site buddypress automatically directing the login page and “wp-login.php?action=bp-spam&reauth=1” I get the error.
    I am using the plugin plug-in for spam. Is there an emergency solution? I need to use budypress.
    my website: https://www.webagi.net

    #276594

    In reply to: PM Spam

    DL
    Participant

    I just tried disabling BuddyPress PM’s but any member can still send public messages to any other member which still results in an email notification sent out, so a spammer could still use that.

    #276592

    In reply to: PM Spam

    DL
    Participant

    @prashantvatsh Thanks, I didn’t realize that every user could see the /members page and then if they click to a members profile they see the public and private messaging buttons too.

    It seems that every new registration on the site automatically becomes a Buddypress member. So then they can see the membership list and message any other user without being a member of any group.

    This isn’t good, easy for manual spammers to register and send PM spam to members.

    ngoegan
    Participant

    I’m running WP 4.9.8 with the Twenty Twelve theme on my site http://www.charlottemasoneducation.org
    All plugins are updated.

    Plugins:

    Akismet Anti-Spam
    bbPress Version 4.0.8
    BP Registration Options Version 2.5.14
    BP xProfile Location Version 4.3.5
    BuddyPress Version 1.6
    BuddyPress Activity Plus Version 3.1.0
    BuddyPress Activity ShortCode Version 1.6.4
    BuddyPress Edit Activity Version 1.1.5
    BuddyPress Group Email Subscription Version 1.0.9
    BuddyPress Groups Extras Version 3.8.2
    InfiniteWP – Client Version 0.3.0
    Remove Dashboard Access Version 3.4.1
    The Events Calendar Version 1.0.2
    W3 Total Cache Version 1.4.2
    Widget Logic Version 0.9.7
    Wordfence Security Version 5.9.0
    WP SMTP Version 7.1.11 | By Wordfence | View details

    When I go to APPEARANCE > CUSTOMIZE > HOMEPAGE SETTINGS and choose Sitewide Activity as the home page, it causes a redirect loop on the homepage. While I’m logged in as admin, I can see the Sitewide Activity page by clicking on the home page, but anyone who is logged out, gets a “too many redirects” error.

    When I change the settings to REGISTER as the home page, logged in members are redirected to the MEMBER page after logging in.

    I have tried adding a redirect plugin and that breaks the site. I would really like members to land on the Sitewide Activity feed once they log in.

    Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

    #275692
    Phoenix
    Participant

    Hello, everyone!
    After I have filled the registration form WP redirects me to the Homepage. In users list (Dashboard) I don’t see new user too.
    Steps which I tried to resolve the problem:
    1) WP in simple mode, not WPMS
    2) Dashboard – Settings – checkbox “Users can register” checked
    3) Disabled all plugins and checked BuddyPress registration function
    4) Changed theme to another one. (I use OneCommunity theme by default)
    5) Installed WP Mail SMTP (tried to send messages via php wp_mail & smtp). Both variants work for WP, also checked to send messages via Contact form 7 etc. BUT not sending any mail from BuddyPress
    6) Tried to reinstall BuddyPress plugin, still not working
    7) There is no hosting problems too…
    8) I don’t see another user accounts in Users dashboard.
    9) Switched between old and new BuddyPress templates…
    10) Additional information:
    – WP version 4.9.8
    – BuddyPress 3.1.0
    – Activated plugins (15): Anti-Spam by CleanTalk, bbPress, BuddyPress, Contact Form 7, No Category Base (WPML), OneCommunity Shortcodes, UpdraftPlus – Backup/Restore, UpdraftPlus – Backup/Restore, Wordfence Security, WP Mail SMTP, WP Sitemap Page, WP-Polls, WPBakery Page Builder, Yoast SEO Premium, WP Recaptcha Integration.
    11) There is no any php errors (when I enable debug) and js errors in browser console.

    I can’t find another reason why didn’t registration form not working…. Domain – barbiusa58.info
    How I can fix it? Thanks in advance)

    #275501
    Sean Nicholson
    Participant

    Hi all,

    I have the “public message” button enabled on my BuddyPress instance. The issue is that it’s very erratic as to when the button is activated to send. Here are the scenario that I’m testing:

    On the users’ profile, click the “Public Message” button. I am taken to the user profile and their handle is pre-populated. The entry form is focused and I can type. When I am done typing. I hover over the “Send” button, but it displays a pointer, not the hand icon because the button is not activated to send. If I click anywhere on the page to remove focus from the message field, the Send button remains inactive. When I click back in the message field, the button is now activated and I can send.

    This is a bit of a user experience issue, because the user has to click somewhere on the page to remove focus from the field, then click back in the message field to activate the button.

    Is this how this feature is supposed to work? Is this by design, maybe to reduce spam or accidental sends? Is anyone else able to confirm that this is how their BuddyPress Public Message button works?

    I’m using version 3.1.0 on WordPress 4.9.7.

    Any ideas? Wanted to confirm whether this is a “feature” before I submit a bug report in trac.

    Thanks!

    –Sean

    djsteveb
    Participant

    Using ‘good question’ or similar plugin,
    ‘graphic captcha’
    ‘ip geo block’
    unfortunately spamshield had some meltdown with the wp.org people so it’s out, but similar functionality for logins and such is in ‘shield’

    you’ll never stop the manual spammers, if you could stop them, you would be stopping legit users..

    on my multi-site I use a plugin that makes all new blogs/aka sites that are created automatically set as ‘search engines do not index’ in settings.. this helps too..

    the bp plugin that limits the amount of private messages that can be sent is nice (BuddyPress Private Message Rate Limiter),

    one one install I disallow user’s group creation ability – and ask them to send me a note about any new groups that should be made.

    also enjoy “register ips” – so I can ban really bad cidrs..

    jameshh93
    Participant

    Not to sound harsh or anything but Im not bothered about people from outside the UK/ USA… English speaking countries signing up to my website as most of the time they are just bots.

    Is there any functions.php I could add to block signups from IP ranges outside uk and USA.. or any other English speaking country?

    I would hope this would drastically reduce spam sign-ups for me.. as even with akismet, and google ReCaptcha bots still make it through.
    Thank you.

    #274707
    supeherotim
    Participant

    Hi,

    My website has been having massive issues with spam users registering. We have managed to fix this issue but still have 50,000 pending spam users.

    Is there a way to build delete all the pending users?

    Many thanks

    #274651
    xprt007
    Participant

    Hi

    I have never actually used the feature of adding custom or editing profile fields. Under Users => Profile Fields, there’s nothing, I guess meaning none have been added manually.
    On the Edit User => Extended Profile tab, the only options there are Update Profile from pre-selected “Spammer” to “Active”, which does not work, View Profile and Edit Profile Photo.

    So I do not see where I could delete that field.

    mrditt
    Participant

    @dggerhart I was able to register for your site without a confirmation email and post “test” comment to your general group. Enabling email confirmation to register will help. Using a checkbox for your Privacy Policy GDPR compliance, is needed and will help too. I would give the Honeypot plugin a try on your staging site (disclaimer, I don’t use, and it’s old) but what it does is pretty simple so it could be ok. Admin notification of new users will help. Manually checking email addresses and questionable profiles (if you have more profile fields) will eliminate the obvious spammers and most are obvious. You can manually approve new users if that won’t be overwhelming. On a different note, you might want to block your dashboard access and you have some html tags displaying. Also a registration menu item (it was hard to figure out how to register) are some things I noticed too. I hope you find this helpful

    Shashi Kumar
    Participant

    Hi David,
    This is very common problem that we all are facing with the Buddypress websites. The combination of registration process that I am using to stop it
    1. I have enabled social login as it is very easy for users to login with almost no spam users. Every users is having a google or facebook account. It increases the engagement of users also.
    2. Restrict sign up with only a few legit and popular email domains like GMAIL, YAHOO, MSN aor anything u want. You can use BP Restrict Signup By Email Domain plugin.

    Venutius
    Moderator

    I still use Wanguard, it still works for checking the validity of email addresses. I notice recently however that I’m getting a large number of spam registrations from domains ending with .xyz or .top so I ended up forking r-a-y’s plugin BP Restrct Signup by Email Domain, turning it into a blacklist intead of a whitelist. My new plugin is called BP Blacklist Signup by Email Domain, I’ll be uploading it to the repository later. This seems to be working well on my systems so far – not had any spam registrations get through for the last few days whereas without it I was getting about 8-12 per day.

    Dggerhart
    Participant

    Thanks for the suggestion, Varun. I’ll read about it.

    For the record, here’s a link for anyone reading this in the future:

    Preventing Spammer Registration

    Discusses the options, and ‘wares to deploy … but seems really dated.

    WordPress.com suggests:

    https://github.com/pixeljar/BuddyPress-Honeypot

    But I can’t verify it’s compatible with the newer systems (6 years old.)

    My problem persists, but seems to run in spurts…

    #274457
    Venutius
    Moderator

    Would that be Wanguard? That certainly used to flag users as spammers. Not sure how it could do that if it is no longer running.

    #274455
    Venutius
    Moderator

    Leave BuddyPress Active, deactivate all other plugins, see that these will not be there, then re-active the plugins one by one till you find the one that is marking the users as spammers.

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