How to manage spam members?

[lusien]

Hello,

Myself and all members of my site got spammed by a spam user. Basically, a new user has been created and messages were sent within the theme to all members (see attached). Did anybody experienced the same? Is there any recommended approach for such cases? Like activate user only by admin or certain plugins that can be used to reduce the risk? I know that in settings-> Discussion you can add some conditions, but in many cases it is difficult to identify all content with potential risk.

I am a little bit worried because I am not sure if access to the db cannot be done directly via a query in the URL. I am not a DB specialist so not sure if I could try to assess this but I know it is possible.

Any advice will be appreciated. Security is for me of high importance.

Regards.

 

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[Laura]

Hello, you can try buddypress moderation plugin or buddypress registration options plugin to moderate which users can register then you could check spam emails and block them from registering the site.

They will be only sending mass spam messages and comments there shouldn’t be any db issue unless you have a virus at the web files.

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[lusien]

Hi Laura,

Many thanks for your response. I will check the mentioned plugins to see what options they provide to increase security.

Regards.

[Laura]

Always happy to help 🙂

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