How to disable joomla 1.6 new user registrations

To remove the register link on your Joomla 1 .6 site, here is how to do it:

1. Login to your Joomla 1.6 Administrator backend.

2. Click on ‘Users’, ‘User Manager’. Click on the button on the right side ‘Options‘.

3. Set ‘Allow User Registration’ = “No”

That’s it. Save your options and refresh your site. You will see in the login part of your screen, the Register link is no longer there. To add it back you can go through the same channels and set ‘Allow User Registration’ = “Yes”.

To manage your Users better, you can use jwuser. It helps you to add more field, more group and many other features. You can download it here and see jwuser v 1.3 toturial for more detail.