Discussion Settings: "Users must be registered" ticked, anyone can comment

  • Hi,

    Discussion Settings: “Users must be registered and logged in to comment” is ticked.

    When I visit my site, the dashboard shows me I have new comments available and when I check them are clearly spambots. But there’s only 2 users created on the site, so it seems that spambots are able to leave me comments without being registered as users, or even logged in.

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  • Phil

    (@owendevelopment)

    What I do on every one of my wordpress sites is tick ‘hold comment in queue if 1 link is found.

    This prevents anything with a link from being auto published and requires approval. Also make sure you have Akismet turned to to help combat spam.

    Thread Starter qaws

    (@qaws)

    Yes, I have that set which prevents any comments from being autopublished, but the fact is that if I’ve ticked ‘user must be registered and logged in to comment’, then I should only have comments waiting for approval if they are registered and were logged in.

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