Dec 23, 2025
The Subscriber Purge: Automatically Cleaning Up Spam Accounts
*This is not a test. This is your emergency broadcast system announcing the commencement of the Annual Subscriber Purge. All inactive accounts registered for more than 30 days will be deleted. May code have mercy on your database.* I run a WordPress blog, and like many WordPress sites, I get a lot of spam subscriber accounts. You know the type: they register with suspicious usernames or domains,…