How To Get New Users To Email Admin First?

Hey @abrogard

Several free and open-source plugins can help you manage user registrations more effectively by requiring a test message to the admin. Here are a few options and ways to configure them:

1. User Registration – Custom Registration Form, Login And User Profile For WordPress

This plugin allows you to create custom registration forms and includes options for email notifications to admin.

• Features:
  • Customizable registration forms
  • Admin email notifications
  • User role management
• Configuration:
  1. Install and activate the plugin from the WordPress repository.
  2. Create a new registration form and add a field for users to explain why they want to register.
  3. Configure the form settings to send the registration details to the admin email.
  4. Manually approve users based on their responses.

2. Profile Builder – User Profile & User Registration Plugin

This plugin offers custom user registration forms and admin approval functionality.

• Features:
  • Custom registration forms
  • Admin approval required
  • Email notifications
• Configuration:
  1. Install and activate the plugin.
  2. Set up a registration form with a field for users to provide a reason for registering.
  3. Enable admin approval for new registrations in the plugin settings.
  4. Review user submissions and approve or reject them based on their responses.

3. Ultimate Member – User Profile, Registration, Login & Membership Plugin

This plugin is powerful for managing user registrations and includes admin approval workflows.

• Features:
  • Custom registration forms
  • Conditional logic for fields
  • Admin review and approval
• Configuration:
  1. Install and activate the plugin.
  2. Create a registration form with a custom field for users to state their reason for registering.
  3. Configure the settings to require admin approval for new users.
  4. Admin can review the user’s reason and approve or reject the registration.

4. WP Approve User

This lightweight plugin allows you to manually approve or deny user registrations.

• Features:
  • Simple approval process
  • Email notifications to admin
• Configuration:
  1. Install and activate the plugin.
  2. Ensure your registration form (possibly with another plugin) includes a field for users to explain their registration reason.
  3. Upon user registration, review the user details and reason for registering.
  4. Approve or deny the registration through the user management interface in WordPress.

By using one of these plugins and configuring it to require a message from new users, you can filter out spam and ensure that only genuine registrations are approved.

Thank you very much for that. Exactly what I wanted to know. 🙂