Title: Plugin automatically activating new users?
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Plugin automatically activating new users?

 *  Resolved [angslycke](https://wordpress.org/support/users/angslycke/)
 * (@angslycke)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-automatically-activating-new-users/)
 * Hi!
 * I recently upgraded my site with a new theme (BuddyBoss Boss. theme) and am running
   WP 4.1.1 and upgraded from BuddyPress 1.9.2 to 2.2.1.
 * I have a setup where I redirect the activation e-mail to the site admin to be
   able to manually control new members and verify their information before activating
   them and letting them log in. This is a cruical function for my site since it’s
   a private network.
 * After the upgrade I noticed that some spam users were automatically activated
   and able to log in without my manual activation. I have narrowed down this issue
   and think it depends on this plugin. Is this a conflict with the new user management
   function in BuddyPress 2.0?
 * This is from the BuddyPress 2.0 changelog:
 * “Signups/registrations have been completely overhauled.
    Pending users can be
   managed at Dashboard > [Network Admin >] Users (resend activation emails, perform
   manual activations, and more)”
 * I disabled your plugin and now I get a “your account is not activated” message
   when I create a dummy user and try to log in, which is how it used to work.
 * Is this possible to fix? I really like your plugin because it makes it easy to
   manage pending users and view their details before activating them. Thanks!
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/buddypress-pending-activations/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/buddypress-pending-activations/)

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 *  Thread Starter [angslycke](https://wordpress.org/support/users/angslycke/)
 * (@angslycke)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-automatically-activating-new-users/#post-5911627)
 * My apologies, on further investigation deactivating this plugin didn’t change
   this unwanted behaviour so I’ll have to keep searching for the reason. Sorry!

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 * [BuddyPress Pending Activations](https://wordpress.org/plugins/buddypress-pending-activations/)
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 * Last reply from: [angslycke](https://wordpress.org/support/users/angslycke/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-automatically-activating-new-users/#post-5911627)
 * Status: resolved