CleanTalk has added spam protection for the User Registration & Membership WordPress plugin by WPEverest through direct form integration. If you use this plugin, be sure to enable the highly effective CleanTalk Anti-Spam solution. In this post, we also review all anti-spam options available for User Registration & Membership.
User Registration & Membership – Free & Paid Memberships, Subscriptions, Content Restriction, User Profile, Custom User Registration & Login Builder
First of all let’s see what this plugin is,
User Registration & Membership by WPEverest is a powerful WordPress plugin for creating custom user registration forms, login pages, and membership websites without coding. It features a drag-and-drop form builder, user profile management, content restriction, and payment integrations for subscription-based sites. Ideal for communities, online courses, and client portals, the plugin helps website owners manage users and memberships efficiently while improving user experience.
According wordpress.org, this plugin is installed on 60,000+ sites.
Installing User Registration & Membership
There are few steps to be this plugin installed,
- Go to WordPress console -> Plugins -> Add plugin, type ‘user’.
- Install ‘User Registration & Membership’ by WPEverest and activate the plugin.
- Next you see a setup screen, that can be skipped on this moment.
- That’s all the plugin is installed!
On the next steps we work with page YOUR-SITE.COM/registration/.
By the if you want place the registration form on another page,
- Follow to WordPress console -> User Registration & Membership -> Registration form.
- Copy shortcode like this [user_registration_form id=”8″] from the right/top corner of screen and place on any other page you want to.
Anti-Spam plugin by CleanTalk for WordPress 
In beginning a few words about the plugin that we are going to use against spam,
CleanTalk Anti-Spam plugin for WordPress automatically protects your website from spam comments, registrations, contact forms, and fake orders without using CAPTCHA. It uses cloud-based spam detection and real-time databases to block bots in the background while keeping the experience smooth for legitimate visitors.
According wordpress.org, this plugin is installed on 200,000+ web sites. To install the plugin please follow this guide.
The next step is testing the anti-spam protection.
How to check spam protection for User Registration & Membership
We are going to test protection and the most important step in this process to do it as a regular visitor, not as as authorized user/administrator in WordPress console!
Follow this,
- Jump to YOUR-SITE.COM/registration/ in incognito mode in your browser.
- Fill up the form using test email address s@cleantalk.org. This is a service email, using which do not cause block listing your IP in CleanTalk’s cloud.
- You see response from the cloud like this,
*** Forbidden. Sender blacklisted. Anti-Spam by CleanTalk. ***
That’s all! The protection is active and ready to go. If you have any questions, add a comment and we will be happy to help you. In addition, in the Cloud Dashboard you can find extra details regarding all submissions for registration form.
What additional anti-spam tools are available for User Registration & Membership?
On this day on the market there are a few more tools to protect User Registration & Membership against spam bots. As well as this plugin has some built-in tools. Let’s see what we have,
- This plugin has built-in integration with Google reCaptcha version 2 and 3. reCAPTCHA by Google helps protect WordPress registration forms from spam by verifying that users are real people using behavioral analysis or interactive challenges. It blocks automated bot sign-ups and reduces fake registrations while allowing legitimate users to register securely.
The settings located are here WordPress console -> User Registration & Membership -> Registration & Login -> Captcha. The Site and Secret keys are available on website. - The next tool is hCaptcha. hCaptcha is a privacy-focused CAPTCHA solution that protects WordPress registration forms from spam by requiring users to complete human verification challenges, helping block automated bot sign-ups. Unlike reCAPTCHA by Google, hCaptcha places stronger emphasis on user privacy and data control, making it a popular alternative for websites that want effective spam protection with less tracking.
The settings located are here WordPress console -> User Registration & Membership -> Registration & Login -> Captcha. The Site Key and Secret key are available on website. - Next is Turnstile by Cloudflare. It protects WordPress registration forms from spam by automatically verifying visitors using browser and behavioral signals without showing CAPTCHA challenges. Unlike reCAPTCHA, Turnstile is designed to be privacy-friendly and frictionless, reducing spam registrations while keeping the signup process seamless for real users.
The settings located are unde same path as tools before WordPress console -> User Registration & Membership -> Registration & Login -> Captcha. The Site Key and Secret key are available on website. - There are also bunch of universal anti-spam plugins like Simple CAPTCHA Alternative by Elliot Sowersby, WP Armour and etc. All of them can be found on wordpress.org.
As my research shows there is no plugins or direct integration with Akismet.
I have questions…
What if I don’t use User Registration & Membership plugin, but still have spam registrations (users)?
In this case, Anti-Spam by CleanTalk is the best way to get rid of standard wordpress registration forms spam.
Does this guide work for WPforo plugin?
No, it does not. Read this guide instead to protect WPforo Forum against spam registrations.
How about spam protection for s2Member plugin?
Please use another guide in order of s2member spam protection.
Final thoughts
I hope this guide helped resolve all spam issues on your registration form. If not, Sign Up for an account and our CleanTalk team will be happy to help.
