Manual:$wgAccountCreationThrottle

Access: $wgAccountCreationThrottle
Number of accounts each IP address may create, 0 to disable.
Introduced in version:	1.3.0
Removed in version:	Still in use
Allowed values:	(integer or array)
Default value:	See below
Other settings: Alphabetical | By function

Details

Limit to the number of accounts which may be created within a 24-hour period from a single IP address (whether by unregistered or registered user), 0 to disable.

Account creations from users with the noratelimit right aren't counted.

It is currently set to 6 on Wikimedia Foundation wikis. $wgMainCacheType must be set to a value other than CACHE_NONE for this setting to work.

When using a captcha, failed captcha attempts increment the number of account creation for the IP address. Have this in mind if you have a captcha implemented and you want to set the account creation limit too low. See task T233704

Default value

MediaWiki version:

≥ 1.28

/**
 * Number of accounts each IP address may create per specified period(s).
 *
 * @par Example:
 * @code
 * $wgAccountCreationThrottle = [
 *  // no more than 100 per month
 *  [
 *   'count' => 100,
 *   'seconds' => 30*86400,
 *  ],
 *  // no more than 10 per day
 *  [
 *   'count' => 10,
 *   'seconds' => 86400,
 *  ],
 * ];
 * @endcode
 *
 * @warning Requires $wgMainCacheType to be enabled
 */
$wgAccountCreationThrottle = [ [
	'count' => 0,
	'seconds' => 86400,
] ];

MediaWiki versions:

1.3 – 1.27

/**
 * Number of accounts each IP address may create, 0 to disable.
 *
 * @warning Requires $wgMainCacheType to be enabled
 */
$wgAccountCreationThrottle = 0;

See also

• $wgPasswordAttemptThrottle
• Extension:ThrottleOverride
• Process for requesting temporary increase in rate limit for Wikimedia wikis