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Restrict spam email M2 Registertation

At the moment, the users can register with the same emails by adding plus(+) Sign to their same email ID, eg:

abc+one@gmail.com, abc+two@gmail.com etc

Would like to know if there is any quick workaround to prevent users from creating such registrations via the Register form of M2

Thu, 19 Apr 2018 9:55:50

Nithin
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Hello Dario,

I’m bringing this query into our developers attention, so that he could give a closer look, and see whether there is any quick working to make this work. Please do note that developers work round the clock with many critical issues, and hence have a slow response time. Either myself, or the developer will keep you posted.

Kind Regards,

Nithin

Ivan

Developer

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Hi Dario !

You could try adding the following snippet in a MU plugin ( more info about MU plugins is here )

<?php

function wpmu_m2_restrict_email( $validation_errors, $obj ) {

if ( empty( $validation_errors->errors['emailnotvalid'] ) && ( empty( $obj->email ) || false !== strpos( $obj->email, '+' ) ) ) {

$validation_errors->add(

'emailnotvalid',

__( 'The email address is not valid, sorry.', 'membership2' )

);

}

return $validation_errors;

}

add_filter( 'ms_model_membership_create_new_user_validation_errors', 'wpmu_m2_restrict_email', 10, 2 );

Best,

Ivan.

Felix
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Hello Ivan,

Thanks for your message.

Where exactly do I have to insert the code snippet? In which MU plug-in? Do I have to insert it in the function.php or do I have to install a new plug-in? Or do I paste it in some files of the Membership plug-in?

Best,

Dario
Adam Czajczyk
- Support Gorilla
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Hi Dario

I hope you’re well today!

“MU Plugin” stands for “must use” plugin and it’s a special kind of WordPress plugin that gets executed each time and doesn’t require any activation/installation (and can’t also be disabled via the dashboard).

To use the code that Ivan shared, please follow these steps:

1. create an empty file with a .php extension (e.g. “stop-membership-spam-registration.php”:wink:

2. Open that file with some “clear text” editor (such as e.g. Notepad++, Sublime or similar)

3. Copy and paste Ivan’s code into it and save the file

4. Using FTP or cPanel’s File Manager upload the file to the

/wp-content/mu-plugins

folder of you site’s WP install on the server.

If there’s no “mu-plugins” folder inside “wp-content” folder, simply create it. Please note: it has to be “/wp-content/mu-plugins/” and not ‘/wp-content/plugins/mu-plugins” :slight_smile:

Nothing more needs to be done and the code will automatically get executed.

Best regards,

Adam

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