Title: Registration process
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Registration process

 *  Resolved [dmx09](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dmx09/)
 * (@dmx09)
 * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/registration-process-3/)
 * Hi there,
    I’m just trying to get my head around the registration process and
   it seems there is a step too many required at the moment for admins to approve
   new users. This is what happens for us…
    - User submits registration form
    - Admin receives email to approve/deny new user
    - Admin clicks link on email and clicks ‘Approve’ in admin
    - User gets an email and can login & post content
    - Admin then also needs to go to the main ‘Users’ section and click ‘Activate’
      under the ‘Pending’ filter, otherwise the user is not added to the main list
 * Is there any way this last step can be avoided? I know the user can access the
   site once the admin does the **first** approval but the user doesn’t get added
   to the active users list until the admin manually activates them. I had thought
   when the new users logged into the site this would automatically activate them
   but it doesn’t look like that happens.
 * Any thoughts appreciated. 😉
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/bp-registration-options/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/bp-registration-options/)

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 *  [Michael Beckwith](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tw2113/)
 * (@tw2113)
 * The BenchPresser
 * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/registration-process-3/#post-5732379)
 * Just so I’m certain, Is the Activate/Pending part from BuddyPress core areas?
   or is that from one of our few screens? It sounds like I may need to take into
   account the spam features that came with BP 2.0, if that’s the component you’re
   having the extra step deal with.
 *  Thread Starter [dmx09](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dmx09/)
 * (@dmx09)
 * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/registration-process-3/#post-5732381)
 * Yes, exactly, the pending is from the general BuddyPress user screen. It’s not
   a major obstacle but if possible to avoid would make life easier for admins.
 * So I approve the user via the BP-Registration screen, then need to go to this
   url to activate the user…
    /wp-admin/users.php?page=bp-signups
 * Thanks Michael.
 *  [Michael Beckwith](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tw2113/)
 * (@tw2113)
 * The BenchPresser
 * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/registration-process-3/#post-5732420)
 * I’ll add it to the issues list for the next version, so that it can hopefully
   be handled.
 *  [Michael Beckwith](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tw2113/)
 * (@tw2113)
 * The BenchPresser
 * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/registration-process-3/#post-5732422)
 * [https://github.com/WebDevStudios/BuddyPress-Registration-Options/issues/81](https://github.com/WebDevStudios/BuddyPress-Registration-Options/issues/81)

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 * Last reply from: [Michael Beckwith](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tw2113/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/registration-process-3/#post-5732422)
 * Status: resolved