User Registration Spam Toolkit

Blocks spam registrations, cleanup and quarantine.

ADVANTAGES over other tools

  1. Doesn’t rely on external services or 3rd parties like Akimset other centralized tools.
  2. Minimal / zero impact on performance;
    1. Des not connect , send / recieve data from outside.
    2. Doesn’t make any unnecessary calls anywhere on your site.
    3. On demand action: doesnt do things in the background only use when needed.

WHY

We had a huge influx of spam registrations in a short amount of time (50k+) and we needed a tool to take control. We didnt want to leave it to automated tools like Akismet because:

  1. We dont like relying on external services.
  2. It would be an overkill to use a huge anti-spam or firewall tool for what we hoped was not a sustained attack
  3. Even if it’s a sustained problem, we wanna observe with our own eyes and take action with our own hands.

HOW

  1. The plugin detects URLs in usernames and other fields to block them from registering and spamming forgot  password etc.
  2. In case they bypass the block, you can always use the cleanup tool to delete them in bulk.
  3. You can quarantine suspicious users and restore them if needed.

WHAT'S NEXT

We have these situations every once in a while, whether its some pill ads or cryptocurrency or some other scam. Wha we have in mind for future

  1. Add the ability to add certain phrases to block
  2. Add honeypot to bait those suckers
  3. Basic login protection,
  4. Temp email / frequent offenders
  5. … TBD

WHAT IT IS AND WHAT IT IS NOT:

One could say we are trying to reinvent the wheel but we are not. 

  1. It IS a small tool to take control when needed
  2. It is NOT a AIO solution or firewalla for spam. It does NOT have a centralized database