[David Concepcion]

Hello Everyone,
I am a web design student with a strong desire to become a successful WP developer. I have been running a small blog magazine journal and currently find myself with a rather odd issue.

It seems as if every time I log in to the users area I see unknown users who are registering as contributors. I say its rather odd because I do not recognize who these users are nor have I granted them permission to become contributors.

I wonder if this might be a spam issue and if so, how can I stop this from happening.

Cheers,

[D.K. Smith]

Yes, it’s user-registration spam. Activate the Aksimet plugin and do the following:

– Turn off user registrations: Settings >> General – Membership – un-check “Anyone can register” – Save Changes.

Above is the easiest and most effective method.

Or try these plugins:

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wangguard/

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/ban-hammer/

[David Concepcion]

Thank you D.K,
This was extremely helpful to me. It solve the issue 🙂

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