Administrative and Maintenance Tools - Move Inactive and Lurker Users To New Usergroup

As of 23 Nov 2017 this modification has been withdrawn.

This runs daily to check the activity of members and move them to a new usergroup if they meet certain rules.

Lurkers
If a member has not posted on the forum for a defined number of days (90 by default) then they will be moved from their existing usergroup to the defined usergroup (this can be any existing usergroup, however, you should really create a new 'Lurkers' group

Inactive Members
If a member has not visited the forum for a defined number of days (180 by default) then they will again be moved from their existing usergroup to the defined usergroup (this can also be any existing usergroup, however, you should again really create a new 'Inactive Users' group.

Only members of a defined list of usergroups are checked for inactivity.

If a member of the Inactive usergroup returns to the forum, or the Lurkers usergroup posts again, and auto-restore is enabled, they are automatically restored either to another pre-defined usergroup (by default this is usergroup 2, Registered Users) or to the usergroup they were in before they got initially moved. Note that if you use this option then you really must have seperate Inactive and Lurker usergroups, otherwise you are going to get in a mess.

Any of the options above can be disabled if not required. All options are in ACP > Options > Inactive and Lurker Members

To install simply download the file and import in vbulletin using the product manager.

Note: The move of inactive users is done once per day as part of the existing vbulletin daily update cron job. The restore function should be pretty much instant. Also, this works purely on the Primary usergroup, secondary groups are neither checked or altered.


History:

v4.0.1 : 02-Jan-2010 : Initial release for vb 4.0.0 Gold.
v4.0.2 : 02-Jan-2010 : Prevent restore to usergroup 0 if old usergroup data is missing.
v4.0.3 : 16-Feb-2010 : Lurker & Inactive settings split out.
v4.0.4 : 18-Feb-2010 : Installer & code updates.
v4.0.5 : 12-Sep-2010 : Fix bug in disable options.

v4.1.0 : 04-Dec-2010 : Updated for vBulletin 4.1.

v4.1.7.0 : 16-Oct-2011 : Updated for vBulletin 4.1.7.

v4.2.0.0 : 24-May-2012 : Updated for vBulletin 4.2.0.

[webspider]

Paul this is a handy addon to VB.

One feature I would love to see is an option to reduce reputation automatically when a user is demoted. e.g. one point for every day inactive. or a set amount. That way they would need to earn back status.

[M.C.]

didn't get restore function? Do user need to post or simply visit forum? I want Lurkers to POST before they can be restored.

Thanks!

[Mr_Running]

M.C. if you want to focus on the posting...

Lurker Cutoff Point:
Any member who has not posted after this time period (in days) will be moved.
This must be lower than the Inactive setting.

[M.C.]

Thanks it's OK and I use it, BUT I want user to POST to get back his access but now he gets it when VISIT forum.

[Paul M]

Its years since I wrote this, but the description says ;

If a member of the Inactive usergroup returns to the forum, or the Lurkers usergroup posts again, and auto-restore is enabled, they are automatically restored

Is that not what you are asking ?

[KGodel]

Hey Paul. Is there an easy way to add some option to send an email when a member has been marked as inactive to let them know? Sort of like a friendly poke? That'd be a nifty feature.

[ozzy47]

Originally Posted by KGodel

Hey Paul. Is there an easy way to add some option to send an email when a member has been marked as inactive to let them know? Sort of like a friendly poke? That'd be a nifty feature.

You can run this mod as well, https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=237531

So if you have Paul's mod set at 180 days, you could set the other mod to 150 days.

[KGodel]

Thanks a bunch ozzy. I searched for something like this and must have missed it!

[Alibass]

Can some tell me if I set the restore option to disable restore, if this mod will keep the user in the inactive forum the mod originally moved them to should they log back in. I don't want to restore and move them back to a register user anymore.

Thanks...

[bdacus01]

question

So I am inactive > I login > do I get a email notice that I am active again? if not how do they know do they need to re login or that they are active?