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Spam User Registrations despite multiple anti-spam

blastblast
Participant

@blastblast

10 years, 3 months ago

Hi yall,

Currently running WordPress, Buddypress & bbpress along with the following (3) anti-spam plugins:

-Akismet
-Stop Spammer Registrations Plugin
-Si Captcha (in the registration form)

These plugins have lowered the number of spam user registration however there are still a lot to the point where it is making my site very difficult to maintain. In addition, my site is mainly member-focused so reducing spam/fake members is a top priority.

Any advice/plugin recommendations would be highly appreciated.

Thanks

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blastblast
Participant

@blastblast

10 years, 3 months ago

hi @barney92

I am using s2member and the designated register page is

mysite.com/membership-signup

I actually like the “membership-signup” part as it is- but do you think it is contributing to the spam?

Are there some recommended keyword alternative that does not attract spam

modemlooper
Moderator

@modemlooper

10 years, 3 months ago

search buddypress honey pot and try that

blastblast
Participant

@blastblast

10 years, 2 months ago

There seems to be multiple wordpress honeypot.

Would you recommend this one? Though it has not been updated in years..

http://www.pixeljar.net/2012/09/19/eliminate-buddypress-spam-registrations/

Thanks

Ruby Sinreich
Participant

@rubyji

9 years, 6 months ago

I ma having the same problem. It started as soon as my new site was live (I just migrated servers at the same time as installing BuddyPress). I installed this honeypot https://wordpress.org/plugins/registration-honeypot/, and it helped a little, but I won’t be able to deal with this once I have real members registering since I can’t always tell who is real or fake.

There’s got to be a better way. Or at least a better admin view of new users so I can screem them with more profile data.

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