Comments from non-registered users despite "must be registered to comment"

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    plasmabinturong · Member ·

    Dear support,

    I noticed a wave of spam comments on my website (from march to may), from many users with the same pattern in the name, however:
    – these users do not appear in the user panel;
    – the option “user must be registered and connected to comment” was ticked.
    – I’m using the Sucuri and Wordfence plugins, and haven’t been notified of successful logins other than known accounts. No Captcha plugin though.

    I admit I am still using WordPress option 4.9.10, but how is it possible? Did a hack happen in the database, not through WordPress? I’m in the process of checking the content of the database and all website files.

    Thanks a lot for your insights

  • fstat · Staff ·

    Hi there,

    Looks like you’re in the wrong forum. It appears that you’re using the open source WordPress.org software and you need to seek help at these forums:

    https://wordpress.org/support/forums/

    These forums are for WordPress.com hosted sites only. If you want to know more about the differences between WordPress.com and WordPress.org you can read this document:

    WordPress.com vs. WordPress.org

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