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April 18, 2008

How to block blog registrations of offensive words?

Filed under: Wordpress — lennie @ 9:55 pm

Here are the steps to prevent the registration of blogs with offensive names or words associated with spamming techniques:

  1. Login as an admin user
  2. Go to your Contol Panel
  3. Choose Site Admin
  4. Choose Options as shown
    Banning Selection
  5. Scroll down and find Banned Names.
    Banned Names
  6. Right click the Keyword List File and choose new Window
  7. Cut and Paste the line of words into the Banned Name line after your current list
  8. Click the Update Options button


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  1. [...] How to block blog registrations of offensive/spam words? [...]

      » Blocking Spam Signups in Wordpress MU Open Source Activism — April 19, 2008 @ 6:44 pm

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