Where are these Subscribers coming from?

paulworthingtonbooks · Member · Feb 28, 2015 at 1:17 am
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I have many subscribers from WordPress, but there are not under my e-mail followers nor my WordPress followers. Where are they coming from?

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shawnajroberts · Member · Feb 28, 2015 at 9:15 pm
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Hi there!

Can you tell me more about this? Where are you seeing these subscribers if you don’t see them in your subscribers list? Can you give me an example of a user that’s missing from your subscriber list?
paulworthingtonbooks · Member · Mar 1, 2015 at 2:00 am
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Hi Shawna! Thank you for your help.

Under my Users list, there are 103 people who have the role of a “Subscriber.” Every time one comes in, WordPress also e-mails me, telling me so. Here’s a screenshot of the people I’m talking about:

Yet, there is no e-mail subscription button on my website or blog anywhere. Also, I know they are not WordPress followers, because they do not show up under my WordPress list as well. See here:

http://s16.postimg.org/qsq1nt845/Screen_Shot_2015_02_28_at_7_56_08_PM.png
http://s12.postimg.org/sx236o4a5/Screen_Shot_2015_02_28_at_7_56_13_PM.png

I have a page that leads to a MailChimp sign up form, to join my e-mail list, but under my Mail Chimp, they are not there as subscribers either.

Also, these people have odd e-mail addresses, which is making me think they are something like spam.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thank you!
Paul
shawnajroberts · Member · Mar 2, 2015 at 7:02 pm
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Thanks so much for those screenshots! :)

I believe you have registrations open on your site. You can close this through your dashboard at Dashboard > Options > General > “Anyone can register”.

This is a self-hosted specific issue, so you may want to follow up with the WordPress.org forums if what I suggested doesn’t stop this from happening.

http://wordpress.org/support/

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