The RegisterThrottle plugin throttles registration by IP address Installation ============ This plugin is enabled by default on public instances, otherwise it can be enabled by adding "addPlugin('RegisterThrottle');" to the bottom of your config.php Settings ======== regLimits: Array of time spans in seconds to limits. Default is 3 registrations per hour, 5 per day, 10 per week. silenced: Disallow registration if a silenced user has registered from this IP address Example ======= addPlugin('RegisterThrottle', array( 'regLimits' => array( 604800 => 10, // per week 86400 => 5, // per day 3600 => 3 // per hour ), 'silenced' => true ));