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Separate Out Real Users
If I look at
/wp-admin/users.php
I see all the users, but some have given a bogus email and never used their password.
Is there some way to see who has used their password at least once? If not, ...
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How can I secure a WordPress blog using OpenID from a single provider?
We're about to launch an internal blog for the company I work at. Much of the blog will be available to the public, but certain posts will be for employees only.
Our intranet/extranet has an OpenID ...
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Is it safe to store a user setting you don't want the user to ever modify as a user option?
I have added some custom user options to the profile page on my site, and most are all OK for the user to modify themselves. These options live in their own section. The users have read access and ...
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How to expire all wordpress user passwords instantly?
So I own an article directory website and recently a lot of bots have signed up and started posting spam. (I approve posts prior to publication)
I've added a captcha to the user registration page now ...
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How do I create a WP user outside of Wordpress and auto login?
I've built a directory of members on a non-WP site (using php and mysql). Each member can log in and update their details using a username and password.
I want to be able to get this to automatically ...
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What do spammers gain by signing up as a user?
The majority of new user signups I receive on my Wordpress blog look dodgy, with @someblog.com, @somearticle.com, or @gmail.com addresses.
What do they gain by signing up as a new user?
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Setting WP Admin passwords to expire
I'm aware it's not a feature of Wordpress, but I was wondering if there was a way or a plug-in (haven't found one from searching) that allows me to force a user to change their password after a ...
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Any reason to be concerned by a wave of “zombie” blog signups?
I maintain a blog for a friend of mine. It's basically an aggregater of videos from other embeddable video sites, and provides a way for users to comment on those videos. Not really high-value ...
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Getting a List of Currently Available Roles on a WordPress Site?
When writing WordPress plugins there is often a need to set up options for which roles on the site have access to certain functionality or content. To do this a plugin dev needs to fetch the list of ...
