Reply To: Spam wave on my forum again

Yeah, that’s basically been my week too. Usually it’s the same dumb pattern — fresh accounts, random usernames, junk emails, then they start poking at the same signup path over and over. If they’re getting through moderation, I’d look at whether the bot’s just learning your exact form flow and timing. I’ve seen a couple forums get hit harder after some plugin update too, so I’d check anything old or half-broken in the signup stack. 40 in a morning is not “normal spam,” that’s a script somewhere chewing on it.