Mass sign-ups - How-to and Troubleshooting - wpForo 2.0

RE: Mass sign-ups

chuzz — Sun, 19 Aug 2018 02:41:08 +0000

Yes, I tried the built-in recapture.

It sent me in circles trying to log in myself, page after page image after image of buses signs and shopfronts.

In the end, it just kept rejecting me but was letting bogus registrations through.

🤨

RE: Mass sign-ups

VereK — Fri, 17 Aug 2018 16:28:14 +0000

In my experience the most effective anti spammer signup plugin has been SSS: https://wordpress.org/plugins/stop-signup-spam/ which works well with WPForo. Akismet and reCAPTCHA (V2) alone have proven to be vastly less effective.

If you want erect an iron curtain around your forum and you are a power user you should consider implementing something like ZB Block: http://zb-block.net/zbf/ or CIDRAM: https://github.com/CIDRAM/CIDRAM

RE: Mass sign-ups

Robert — Fri, 17 Aug 2018 15:45:02 +0000

Have you enabled built in reCAPTCHA for Registration and Login forms in Dashboard > Forums > Tools > Antispam Tab?

https://wpforo.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/wpForo-Redesigned-Login-Register-Reset-Password-Pages.png

RE: Mass sign-ups

chuzz — Thu, 16 Aug 2018 02:45:15 +0000

This signup issue is a real problem.

Plugins are not working well for me and seem to be overcomplicated to enable. I'm confused and have more spam signups than ever.

What is worse I have legit members being banned by plugins that let the spammers through.

I think WPforo is great, I have paid for many of the addons but this bot registration is the bane of the whole process.

Please could you build in or have an easy add on ( that doesn't cost by subscription) that just sorts it out?

I for one would be very grateful.

Ban the spam! 😡 🤬

RE: Mass sign-ups

initx — Sat, 07 Jul 2018 09:21:32 +0000

That sounds good. I'll give it a try as you mentioned and see the results.

Thank you very much Robert and anonymous3542 👍!

RE: Mass sign-ups

Anonymous3542 — Sat, 07 Jul 2018 09:16:46 +0000

@initx wpForo uses the WordPress registration system, therefore, wp-bruiser should protect this by default. I can't attest accurately, as I use ultimate member for user management.

RE: Mass sign-ups

Robert — Sat, 07 Jul 2018 08:25:14 +0000

WP-Bruiser allows to switch to “Test Mode” – for testing. Just enable it and test. For more information please contact to WP-Bruiser support team.

RE: Mass sign-ups

initx — Sat, 07 Jul 2018 06:59:18 +0000

@anonymous3542, WP-Bruiser seems really good !

But do you think it will protect the wp-foro's registration form as well ? Because in their extensions's list, there're a lot of plugins (such as gravityforms, contact forms etc.) but wp-foro does is not listed...

RE: Mass sign-ups

Anonymous3542 — Wed, 04 Jul 2018 10:47:37 +0000

@tt-swindlehurst you should take a look at WP-Bruiser for this. It's a free plugin (there are premium extensions) but if you only require base functionality, then this is for you. I use the same plugin on phenomlab.com and have not had a fake registration, fake comment, or fake login attempt since.

RE: Mass sign-ups

Robert — Sun, 01 Jul 2018 18:22:52 +0000

It seems you have other signup places in your website. In shop or in other part of your website. If the reCAPTCHA and Akismet can't stop spam then you should search other ways. wpForo only provides registration form with antispam tools like Akismet and reCAPTCHA, wpForo is not an antispam solution. You can disable wpForo user registration in Dashboard > Forums > Settings > Features admin page, then enabl the native WordPress user registration in Dashboard > Settings admin page. And find some plugin which provides registration form like BuddyPress or other plugins. You'll see the same spam rate. So this issue is not wpForo issue. This is an antispam solution issue. If a specialized Antispam plugins can't stop spam then someting is wrong with your website, you have a hidden door somewhere and you should find it.