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  • thinlizzie
    Participant

    @thinlizzie

    Hi,

    Spammers are able to add pingbacks to my forum even though this is disallowed (in blog settings). So they are not logged-in users who are adding spam comments to a topic, but they are externally able to “comment” on the forum itself.

    My site is a dating site, so has a sub forum “Personals”

    The URL takes the form …

    domain/forums/forum/personals

    They can add pingbacks to this “Personals” sub-forum which display below (ie. outside) the forum as, for example …

    “3 Thoughts on Personals” :

    Pingback: (spam link)
    Pingback: (spam link)
    Pingback: (spam link)

    Any help would be appreciated in solving this.
    It’s not a new issue, has been on my site for several years.

    bbpress 2.6.9
    wordpress 6.0.9
    buddypress 10.6.4

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  • Robin W
    Moderator

    @robin-w

    so which of the methods in this link item 3 are you using?

    Step by step guide to setting up a bbPress forum – Part 1


    thinlizzie
    Participant

    @thinlizzie

    Hu Robin,

    I think you posted a link? It’s not showing for me


    Robin W
    Moderator

    @robin-w

    sorry, now corrected above


    thinlizzie
    Participant

    @thinlizzie

    Thanks Robin,

    To be honest, when I started the forum 5 years ago I kinda blundered my way through the setup and simply got it working. So I am not 100% sure of my exact steps.

    But it all seems to point at Method 1 being used. All those items under Method 1 are true for my site.

    – I have a page mydomain/forums, this shows the list of three sub-forums (Discussion, Personals, Chat)

    – Each sub-forum when clicked, opens with a URL, for example, …

    mydomain/forums/forum/discussion

    I hope that info is helpful.

    Thanks.


    thinlizzie
    Participant

    @thinlizzie

    Wondering:

    In the example above, the sub-forum opens as …

    mydomain/forums/forum/discussion

    …and not as …

    mydomain/forums/discussion

    Is that normal?
    Or possibly I have messed up the “parent” settings which is allowing the spammer pingback issue?

    Just wondering.


    Robin W
    Moderator

    @robin-w

    so you have no WordPress page called ‘forums’ ?

    and what theme are you using?


    thinlizzie
    Participant

    @thinlizzie

    Yes there is a WordPress page called “forums”

    (The page title is “Personal Ads & Forum” but when clicked the URL is mydomain/forums)

    Twenty Sixteen theme.


    Robin W
    Moderator

    @robin-w

    Thanks,

    So what have you got set in

    dashboard>settings>forums>Anonymous ?


    thinlizzie
    Participant

    @thinlizzie

    Anonymous is unchecked.


    Robin W
    Moderator

    @robin-w

    can you give me a link to a forum topic that has this issue

    you can email me via

    Contact me


    thinlizzie
    Participant

    @thinlizzie

    Thanks, I emailed you.

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