Forums Members Recent Posts Forums wpForo Support Foru... How-to and Troubles... How to prevent mult... Notifications Clear all wpForo 1.x.x How to prevent multiple fake account creation How-to and Troubleshooting Last Post by sysads 2 years ago 7 Posts 2 Users 1 Likes 635 Views RSS Posts: 13 sysads Topic starter Jun 09, 2021 10:54 pm (@sysads) Eminent Member Joined: 2 years ago Hi, i recently discovered that over 500 fake accounts had been created on my site even though my WordPress does not allow account creation. Are there any settings I need to set to prevent creation of this fake accounts? What is more concerning is each of these accounts has junks added in its bio Topic Tags spam account 6 Replies Posts: 2141 dimalifragis Jun 10, 2021 1:33 am (@dimalifragis) Famed Member Joined: 3 years ago https://wpforo.com/docs/root/wpforo-settings/features/#user-registration Reply 5 Replies sysads (@sysads) Joined: 2 years ago Eminent Member Posts: 13 Jun 10, 2021 6:15 am Reply todimalifragis @dimalifragis Hi I have seen this before but what I do not understand is my WordPress > Settings > General > Anyone can register option had always been disabled. Also I tried registering a new user to test but I am getting following error: Uncaught TypeError: window.jQuery is not a function<anonymous> https://website.com/community/?foro=signin&redirect_to=https://website.com/community/account/ line 3 > injectedScript:2F https://website.com/community/?foro=signin&redirect_to=https://website.com/community/account/:3 G https://website.com/community/?foro=signin&redirect_to=https://website.com/community/account/:3 e https://website.com/community/?foro=signin&redirect_to=https://website.com/community/account/:3 setTimeout handler*e https://website.com/community/?foro=signin&redirect_to=https://website.com/community/account/:3 setTimeout handler*e https://website.com/community/?foro=signin&redirect_to=https://website.com/community/account/:3 Reply dimalifragis (@dimalifragis) Joined: 3 years ago Famed Member Posts: 2141 Jun 10, 2021 6:29 am Reply tosysads @sysads Not sure what you mean. That is the option to disable totally new registrations. IN wpFORO settings. What exactly is the issue? You seem to jump from one issue to an other? Why try to sign up, if sign up is disabled? I do not follow, sorry. Reply sysads (@sysads) Joined: 2 years ago Eminent Member Posts: 13 Jun 10, 2021 6:51 am Reply todimalifragis @dimalifragis 1) The anyone can register option is disabled by default in WordPress but yet Register and Login is still showing up in wpforo 2) How do I make it so people in wpforo can comment as guest without registering? 3) If they comment as guest, anyway to put their comment in moderation for approval? Thanks Reply dimalifragis (@dimalifragis) Joined: 3 years ago Famed Member Posts: 2141 Jun 10, 2021 7:09 am Reply tosysads Posted by: @sysads @dimalifragis 1) The anyone can register option is disabled by default in WordPress but yet Register and Login is still showing up in wpforo 2) How do I make it so people in wpforo can comment as guest without registering? 3) If they comment as guest, anyway to put their comment in moderation for approval? Thanks 1) Did you DISABLED the wpForo settings i posted above? Here it is again: https://wpforo.com/docs/root/wpforo-settings/features/#user-registration and i attach you a capture also for the exact setting. 2) & 3) are totally different questions, please open a new topic. You have mixed 4 issues so far. Screenshot.png Reply sysads (@sysads) Joined: 2 years ago Eminent Member Posts: 13 Jun 10, 2021 7:15 am Reply todimalifragis @dimalifragis Ok thanks found the option. Reply Share: