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As of 23 Nov 2017 this modification has been withdrawn.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.

[Paul M]

No, this will not update user titles. Thats an added complication I didnt need.

If they dont have a custom title then vb may show the new group title anyway.

[Skyrider]

Which cron job is it exactly Paul and can I force it? I'd like to see results right away .

[Paul M]

Daily Cleanup - however, that performs other vbulletin tasks (I dont know what without looking at the code) so I cannnot advise what other effects manually running it will have.

[Alibass]

Originally Posted by Paul M

No, this will not update user titles. Thats an added complication I didnt need.

If they dont have a custom title then vb may show the new group title anyway.

Thanks Paul and I understand your decision. Main thing your mod will help me get some of my members to posting.

[Skyrider]

Not sure if this plugin works properly. Got a message from a member who couldn't post as his username was still in the lurkers usergroup, and the "Restore Feature" was set to "Restore to usergroup specified below" to usergroup 2 = Registered Users. It never moved the user back. User's last activity, Jan, 15 2010. Which is, today. Yet he's still in Lurkers.

[Paul M]

Lurkers are members who have not posted - therefore they will only be restored if they post again - if you have prevented the Lurkers group from posting then they are going to have a bit of an issue

[Skyrider]

Originally Posted by Paul M

Lurkers are members who have not posted - therefore they will only be restored if they post again - if you have prevented the Lurkers group from posting then they are going to have a bit of an issue

He had a post count of 46, so how come he has been moved to lurker then? Shouldn't he be in inactive?

[Paul M]

How many posts they have is not relevant, please read the definitions.

[Skyrider]

Heh, now I get it. I thought they also would have been automaticly moved. My bad, thanks.

[baghdad4ever]

thanks paul

i have small question

what is the benefit of it?

if i move them to new usergroup so what is the point?

thanks