Stop Signup Spam
Stop Signup Spam will prevent user registration of anyone trying to sign up with an the email address or IP address that has been reported to Stop Forum Spam. Contrary to what the name implies, Stop Forum Spam can be used with any web service, not just forums. At this time, Stop Signup Spam integrates with: The core WordPress registration form Restrict Content Pro MemberPress Give By installing this plugin, you consent to an API call sent from your WordPress site to Stop Forum Spam after every attempted user registration. The API call includes the user’s email address and IP address. It is a similar concept to Akismet, except instead of checking for blog comment spam, it checks for user signup spam. Unlike Akismet, no API key is required to query Stop Forum Spam’s database. Partly because of this, I decided not to include a settings page in the Stop Signup Spam plugin. Just activate and you are all set. The plugin does not log any user registration info. Any data sent to Stop Forum Spam would fall under their privacy policy. Please note that Stop Forum Spam is a third-party service that I have no affiliation with. I just found it, could not find any existing WordPress plugins that worked with it, and built one myself. It has helped me cut down on signup spam on a free membership site that I run, and I hope it will help you do the same.
Comment Experience by Progress Planner
Make comments management easier by applying the simple hacks Joost has gathered over the years. This plugin adds some small hacks around core WordPress comments to make them more bearable: Cleaner comment notification emails. The option to enforce a comment policy: just create a comment policy page, toggle the option on and select it, and commenters will have to accept your comment policy before being able to comment. The option to forward comments to an email address (for instance for your support team) and then trash them. The option to disallow comments below and above a certain length. The option to redirect first time commenters to a “thank you” page. An input field on the comment edit screen to change the comment parent ID. Links in the admin comments section to email individual commenters. A button in the WP toolbar to email all the commenters on a post. Adds a comment routing option. This adds a dropdown in a post’s discussion settings, allowing the routing of comment emails to another user. See the screenshots to get an even better idea of the plugins’ functionality. Have you found an issue? If you have bugs to report, please go to the plugin’s GitHub repository. For security issues, please use our vulnerability disclosure program, which is managed by PatchStack. They will assist you with verification, CVE assignment, and, of course, notify us.
