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I received two "New user registration on your site _____" by email before I even completed the set up of my website. The emails and usernames also seem very strange. I am just
Go to Settings > General and take the tick out of the box for anyone can register. Then go to Users > All Users and delete the ones that shouldn't be there.
Thank you! yes, it was because I created the site with the potential of becoming a forum style platform. I will disengage that ability for anyone to register until I know more. thanks so much!
Hi, you need to contact site support about this (I assume you mean new users on your website?) No-one should have access to your website other than you and anyone you have given permission to. If you haven't given permission you need to contact support.
Click on 'site rubix' and scroll down to 'support' and contact them.
Thanks for your help. it was because I set it up as a forum platform, thus allowing anyone to register. I still don't understand how people found it. must have been bots or something...
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"new user registration on your site_____" before set up?
I received two "New user registration on your site _____" by email before I even completed the set up of my website. The emails and usernames also seem very strange. I am just
Hi, have you resolved this problem yet?
As Juliana and Marion mention, nobody should have access to your website unless you grant it.
Pending any advice you get from the support teams at WA and WP, are you able to open your account on a different machine - one you don't normally use - to change all your passwords? I was a little worried reading this, that your machine might be infected with something that had granted a stranger access to your accounts.
The email address you listed is on a spam blacklist, BTW.
Thanks for your help and concern. It was because I created the site with the intention of it becoming a forum style platform. I will disengage that ability for anyone to register until I know more. They must have been bots crawling the internet or something... still don't know.
Ok. Yes, a lot of the site traffic that blog owners see is bot traffic. So much, they would probably blanch with dismay to learn how much.
But another possibility for this odd problem you might not have considered, is wordpress plugins that have been maladapted to open backdoors or inject nuisance codes into blogs.
As part of your cleanup, you might consider checking that all your plugins are uptodate and still supported. Remove any that look suspicious or are no longer needed. Good luck!
Go to Settings > General and take the tick out of the box for anyone can register. Then go to Users > All Users and delete the ones that shouldn't be there.
Thank you! yes, it was because I created the site with the potential of becoming a forum style platform. I will disengage that ability for anyone to register until I know more. thanks so much!
Hi, you need to contact site support about this (I assume you mean new users on your website?) No-one should have access to your website other than you and anyone you have given permission to. If you haven't given permission you need to contact support.
Click on 'site rubix' and scroll down to 'support' and contact them.
Thanks for your help. it was because I set it up as a forum platform, thus allowing anyone to register. I still don't understand how people found it. must have been bots or something...
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Hi, have you resolved this problem yet?
As Juliana and Marion mention, nobody should have access to your website unless you grant it.
Pending any advice you get from the support teams at WA and WP, are you able to open your account on a different machine - one you don't normally use - to change all your passwords? I was a little worried reading this, that your machine might be infected with something that had granted a stranger access to your accounts.
The email address you listed is on a spam blacklist, BTW.
Thanks for your help and concern. It was because I created the site with the intention of it becoming a forum style platform. I will disengage that ability for anyone to register until I know more. They must have been bots crawling the internet or something... still don't know.
Ok. Yes, a lot of the site traffic that blog owners see is bot traffic. So much, they would probably blanch with dismay to learn how much.
But another possibility for this odd problem you might not have considered, is wordpress plugins that have been maladapted to open backdoors or inject nuisance codes into blogs.
As part of your cleanup, you might consider checking that all your plugins are uptodate and still supported. Remove any that look suspicious or are no longer needed. Good luck!