Activating new members after they register - How-to and Troubleshooting - wpForo 2.0 https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/activating-new-members-after-they-register/ Discussion Board en-US Mon, 20 Apr 2026 05:55:36 +0000 wpForo 60 RE: Activating new members after they register https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/activating-new-members-after-they-register/#post-63254 Thu, 14 Apr 2022 09:40:20 +0000 @vhuecker,

Did that plugin help you with registration control?

]]> How-to and Troubleshooting - wpForo 2.0 Chris https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/activating-new-members-after-they-register/#post-63254 RE: Activating new members after they register https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/activating-new-members-after-they-register/#post-63244 Wed, 13 Apr 2022 14:32:46 +0000 How-to and Troubleshooting - wpForo 2.0 vhuecker https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/activating-new-members-after-they-register/#post-63244 RE: Activating new members after they register https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/activating-new-members-after-they-register/#post-63243 Wed, 13 Apr 2022 14:25:26 +0000 and another screenshot

]]> How-to and Troubleshooting - wpForo 2.0 vhuecker https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/activating-new-members-after-they-register/#post-63243 RE: Activating new members after they register https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/activating-new-members-after-they-register/#post-63242 Wed, 13 Apr 2022 14:25:05 +0000 @chris Hi Chris, thank you for you prompt reply!

I should say that both settings were active from the beginning. We get tens of new spam users every day nevertheless...  😑 

 

]]> How-to and Troubleshooting - wpForo 2.0 vhuecker https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/activating-new-members-after-they-register/#post-63242 RE: Activating new members after they register https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/activating-new-members-after-they-register/#post-63238 Wed, 13 Apr 2022 12:01:27 +0000 Hi @morf13,

You can set email verification for the new registered users, so they would need to verify their email before logging in to the website.

To do that, go to Dashboard > Forums > Settings > Features Tab and enable "Enable User Registration email confirmation" option.

And second, go to Dashboard > Forums > Tools, and check Antispam Tab options.

Also check this FAQ Topic: https://wpforo.com/community/faq/how-to-stop-spam/

]]> How-to and Troubleshooting - wpForo 2.0 Chris https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/activating-new-members-after-they-register/#post-63238 RE: Activating new members after they register https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/activating-new-members-after-they-register/#post-63232 Wed, 13 Apr 2022 08:16:00 +0000 I have the same problem. Is there any feedback?

]]> How-to and Troubleshooting - wpForo 2.0 vhuecker https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/activating-new-members-after-they-register/#post-63232 Activating new members after they register https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/activating-new-members-after-they-register/#post-63221 Tue, 12 Apr 2022 21:50:15 +0000 Hi I am having an issue. When new members register at my site, I have it set up that they have to verify their email as well. When I go in and see who registered, I see that the new registrant is already classified as a REGISTERED USER and they can post etc. I want to make it so that I manually must approve them before they can post anything on the forum in order to minimize spam as opposed to them being registered users with posting capability as soon as they register. Can you help me with those steps to lock down new users until I activate them? Thanks

]]> How-to and Troubleshooting - wpForo 2.0 morf13 https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/activating-new-members-after-they-register/#post-63221