Security is a major concern among online communities both inside and outside of WordPress. Also, there are potential threats of spamming and multiple user accounts of the same person. Although the WordPress BuddyPress community websites are safe to use, still you will need such plugins that can help you increase its security. BuddyPress spam bots security is must to protect your server utilization and server live.
There are several BuddyPress premium addons and free addons for security, one of such plugins is BuddyPress Humanity (Get it for free). This plugin is simple and easy to use, it will add a security question that is asked every time when a user registers to make sure you are not a bot. Each step is good for the purpose of security and from this plugin, you can keep away spammers and spambots from your community to some extent.
BuddyPress Humanity In-Depth Review
BP Humanity Settings
The plugin is simple to use. It provides you to choose a security question and answer to be asked on the front-end while registration. You can access its settings from wp-admin > BuddyPress > BP Humanity.
BuddyPress Humanity Security Question Setting
Here, you can set the title, change the question to be answered and its corresponding answer. Also, if you want multiple answers for one question then you can use commas to separate more than one correct answer.
Security Question on Front-End
After saving the settings. The question will appear on the registration page to be answered by the users. As you can see in below screenshot that security question is asked. You can change security question according to you from BP humanity setting. Here with this BuddyPress security check plugin we have used Reign Buddypress theme because this humanity or spam checker plugins is best fit with this theme only.
Final Thoughts on BuddyPress Spam Bots Security
Little steps towards security can also prevent your community from fake users and potential threats. There is nothing bad in it, right? Share your thoughts about the plugin in the comment section, also you can ask any question regarding this BuddyPress security question plugin or any other plugin anytime. Thanks for Reading
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