Bot Registering Users

Bad Behavior, Akismet, Cookies for Comments (which can be used to block signups too).

I have akismet… will look at the others

I looked at the plugin but they all seem to be for comments, my issue is the registration.. I am getting tons of bogus account registering on the page even with a captcha which I updated the site key today.

They’re not.

Bad Behavior stops bots and spammers from accessing your site at all.

Cookies for Comments I specifically mentioned CAN be used for signups. Says so on the main page.

If you use WordPress MU, replace wp-comments-post.php above with wp-signup.php to block spam signups.

RewriteCond %{HTTP_COOKIE} !^.*XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX.*$
    RewriteRule ^wp-signup.php - [F,L]

You can use that on single-site too, just change ^wp-signup.php to ^wp-login.php

k, thanks again I pulled down the bad behavioir but the link to get a site key says its under maintance.

can you provide a bit more info on how to do the steps above, as you can tell I am a novice.

https://www.ads-software.com/extend/plugins/bad-behavior/ – No key needed. You only need the key if you want to use Project Honey Pot. Not required ??

And if you don’t know how to edit the .htaccess, just use Cookies for Comments as is. They may register, but they won’t comment.