Why does it add additional reg. fields?

  • Resolved wpseek

    (@alphawolf)


    9 years, 4 months ago

    Hey Scott,

    thanks for a very useful plugin! What I’m wondering though is why the plugin adds 3 additional fields to the user registration form? I’d like the plugin to do what it’s meant to do (protecting me from spam registration), not adding fields I cannot remove without removing the entire registration protection logic.

    So any reason why you force my users to fill out 3 additional fields on registration? ??

    Thank you!

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  • Plugin Contributor redsand

    (@redsand)

    Hi wpseek,

    You are very welcome! I’m glad you are finding it useful.

    The First Name, Last Name, and Display Name fields are an essential part of the registration spam protection that the plugin provides.

    These are the same fields that are included in the wp-admin/user-edit.php and wp-admin/profile.php pages of your WordPress Dashboard. I’m not sure why you want to turn these off. If you’re really serious about having real human users register on your site, you would want them to fill these out anyway, especially because the user would need to fill these out before actually using any features of your WordPress site, such as commenting, writing posts, etc. Having new users fill these fields out when registering (as opposed to later on) is a proven method of helping to make sure only legitimate human users register on your site, and is one of several methods this plugin uses to prevent human registration spam. (Automated bot registrations are all stopped automatically by different methods.)

    Hope that helps answer your question.

    – Scott

    Thread Starter wpseek

    (@alphawolf)

    Hey Scott,

    sounds reasonable, thanks for your quick reply! ??

    The reason why I was asking is that in my specific case I liked my minimal registration flow: Enter a username and email address and you’re done. Registering to my site does provide additional features, so actually providing a username and email has been enough in my case.

    But given the additional fields are an essential part of the registration spam protection that your plugin provides I’m fine with that.

    Thanks again, Scott!

    Plugin Contributor redsand

    (@redsand)

    Hey wpseek,

    You’re very welcome!

    I understand completely, and we definitely weighed the pros and cons, along with doing a lot of research before adding that feature.

    You’re very welcome!

    Have a good one! ??

    – Scott

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