EffectIO UsersWP - Restrict User Signups 1.2.4

Description:

Restrict User Signups is a plugin for UsersWP that gives a site control over the usernames and email addresses people can use when they sign up. The name and email details entered at registration can be checked against restrictions the site has set, and signups that fall outside those restrictions can be kept out. The plugin exists for a single stated purpose: preventing spam signups and offensive usernames. It works at the signup stage itself, where a visitor first submits a username and an email address.

The first restriction covers usernames. A site can restrict which usernames are accepted at signup, and this is how the plugin addresses offensive usernames. Instead of letting visitors choose any name and dealing with the results afterwards, the restriction applies to the signup itself, so a name outside what the site permits does not become a registered username. The names attached to accounts therefore stay within the bounds the site has chosen.

The other two restrictions cover email addresses and email domains. Individual addresses can be restricted at signup, and the plugin also allows whole email domains to be restricted. Restricting a domain means the rule covers the addresses from that domain rather than one address at a time. This is the side of the plugin aimed at spam, since it lets a site act at the level of the domain instead of only against single addresses, and a site can decide for each case whether an address or a whole domain is the right thing to restrict.

Taken together, the plugin filters signups by username, by email address, or by email domain, with the stated aims of stopping spam and keeping offensive usernames out. It suits a site that accepts user registrations and wants those registrations to stay within limits the site defines. Because the restrictions apply at signup, the emphasis falls on prevention: spam and offensive names are dealt with at the point where accounts are created, which is where this plugin places its focus.

Main Features of UsersWP – Restrict User Signups:

• Restrict usernames
• Restrict email addresses
• Restrict entire email domains
• Prevent spam signups
• Prevent offensive usernames

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