How to Disable or Redirect "edit_profile" Page ...

My site requires registration and login in order to listen to audio. I intentionally have no link to the “edit_profile” page.

Yet, myriads of forum spammers are intent on getting to the bio field to drop in gibberish copy spiked with URLs to sites that apparently pay them to do this. They find the form, and they drop their “stuff” into it.

I assume they get there by adding “member/edit_profile” to the address line in their browsers.

What’s the best way to block this activity? Is it okay to just change the name of “edit_profile” so they won’t find it? Can I re-direct “edit_profile” to my home page?

And when I upgrade to a new version (currently on 2.4.0) will I have to re-do this action?

Thanks!

• Mike Hickcox