Of course, thank you - you can close this topic for now.

@dimalifragis, Thanks, I have replied over there. It´s new user registrations on the forum that are spam registrations - not posts.

I adjusted the amount of security plugins and it´s many more than 2-3 domains. If "Anyone can register" is unticked, who can register? I am still ge...

To explain: The private forum is to discuss client cases or sensitive information questions between only a group of qualified coaches and therapists. ...

@chris I see "Member" and "Customer" as the options for Forum - Secondary Usergroups. Only some customers should be allowed to view the private forum ...

No, I want the specific user to automatically have access to the private forum too when they sign up (ideally). This only applies to some new members ...

Only about 20 of the current members would qualify to have access to a private forum, how can I achieve that through the secondary usergroup? Do I hav...

Thank you. How can I achieve that only a specific group of the usergroup "member" for example is able to access the private forum? There are several u...

Thanks for your speedy reply @Chris. I followed this great post to set it up originally. I am just unsure about the two questions: How do people regis...

@dimalifragis. It does not seem like manual registrations. The security plugins installed are WPBruiser, Akismet, Astra Security Suite – Firewall &...

@Chris Thanks!

@Robert, Thanks, ok understood. You explained how to set everything to private so that a private forum cannot be indexed. But what about a website´s...