"Invitation Only" Registration

[gsmela]

As part of an early test of a new site we are looking at allowing users to register in Joomla only if they have a unique access number that we would provide. The purpose being to allow beta testers access while keeping everyone out for the time being.

Are there any ideas on how I might accomplish this? Thanks.

[imanickam]

I believe that the extension JRPassphrase (https://extensions.joomla.org/extension ... assphrase/) would be of help for your situation/need.

[gsmela]

That looks like it will do what is needed. Thanks.

[AMurray]

I would exercise caution using this extension as it doesn't appear to have been updated for 9 years (since 2008) and doesn't use the automatic update as all extensions should be doing according to the new JED rules. I noted a couple of security concerns like password shown in the URL. (Read the first review that mentions this.).

[Webdongle]

Creating an account for them is just as quick as sending them an email and then placing them in the correct User Group ?

[mandville]

Creating an account for them is just as quick as sending them an email and then placing them in the correct User Group ?

agreed, create the account and any that dont log in after a suitable period havent accepted your invite.

[Per Yngve Berg]

Are these Access Codes stored in a database table?

You can write an Authentication Plugin that validates the code. When the Plugin return success, a Joomla user is created.

https://docs.joomla.org/J3.x:Creating_a ... for_Joomla