Title: Random Author users
Last modified: November 22, 2018

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# Random Author users

 *  [puerfect](https://wordpress.org/support/users/puerfect/)
 * (@puerfect)
 * [7 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/random-author-users/)
 * Hello,
    Recently on one of our websites, new random users with Author role started
   to show. We didnt created those accounts. We are using “porto” theme, woocommerce.
   Is it possible that those accounts are created by some bot/infected script via
   DB?

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 *  [Jacob Peattie](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jakept/)
 * (@jakept)
 * [7 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/random-author-users/#post-10906004)
 * If something is creating users that you don’t want, chances are your site has
   been compromised. Remain calm and carefully follow [this guide](https://codex.wordpress.org/FAQ_My_site_was_hacked).
   When you’re done, you may want to implement some (if not all) of [the recommended security measures](https://codex.wordpress.org/Hardening_WordPress).
 *  [prazrabi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/prazrabi/)
 * (@prazrabi)
 * [7 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/random-author-users/#post-10906008)
 * From which site did you install porto theme, I could not find porto theme in 
   wordpress.org site.
 *  Thread Starter [puerfect](https://wordpress.org/support/users/puerfect/)
 * (@puerfect)
 * [7 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/random-author-users/#post-10906227)
 * From Themeforest.

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 3 replies
 * 3 participants
 * Last reply from: [puerfect](https://wordpress.org/support/users/puerfect/)
 * Last activity: [7 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/random-author-users/#post-10906227)
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