Thanks for the links. The thing is, they aren’t showing as members. That’s the strange part. I was getting hit with mega spammers and then I added a few things, including a captcha, and it stopped. No more spammer accounts were being created.
However, it does appear like they’re still building in the background somewhere, but I don’t where? They don’t show up as registered or pending members anywhere. So our member page is showing something totally different than our dashboard log.
Any ideas?
Hi @alice-claire,
if the member counter shows 4.000 users and your dashboard only 2.000, wp_users table should contain around 4.000 user too.
Check this table first. Search for user status 1. In case you find some, these are probably ghost accounts.
See also wp_signup. Should normally be empty if you have no pending accounts in dashboard.
Now you can install this plugin and clean your DB.
Okay. Thanks. Where do I find ‘wp_userstable’? This is an area I’ve never gone into before.
I have no pending accounts in the DB. Will that plugin affect any live accounts?
Thanks so much!
wp_users table is in the database.
Will that plugin affect any live accounts?
No if you proceed carefully. Read plugins doc, and if in doubt, ask on their support.
