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As of 23 Nov 2017 this modification has been withdrawn.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

[Bergler]

Well I tried this for the second time and I got the lurkers only to finally work, thanks for this great mod!

[mitch84]

hi, members moved in the inactive group disappeared from the list of members, it's normal? thx

[TeknoSounds]

Originally Posted by mitch84

hi, members moved in the inactive group disappeared from the list of members, it's normal? thx

double-check all permissions, I would match registered members, as it takes a second visit coming back to restore normal member permissions

and somewhere theres a setting for "active members include xxxxxx groups"

[Paul M]

Originally Posted by mitch84

hi, members moved in the inactive group disappeared from the list of members, it's normal? thx

I assume the usergroup is not set to display on the members list.

[mitch84]

ok, thank you Paul

[FinalFantasy]

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

I marked as installed and nominated this modification for the MOTM

What is the cronjob called in the sheduled task manager? because i want to manually test some settings.

[Paul M]

I believe its the daily cron job - I'd be careful about running that multiple times, Im not sure what else it does.

[rasp187]

Originally Posted by Paul M

I believe its the daily cron job - I'd be careful about running that multiple times, Im not sure what else it does.

I don't see anything like this. I'm really not sure what CRON job this would link itself to.

[BadgerDog]

I'm about to turn this mod ON ...

So, before I do a massive move to an "Inactive" new user group, has anyone had any difficulties with it using 4.1.3, particularly the option where someone does show up again and it restores them to their original user group?

Thanks for any feedback ...

Regards,
Doug

[Maccrob]

So, before I do a massive move to an "Inactive" new user group, has anyone had any difficulties with it using 4.1.3, particularly the option where someone does show up again and it restores them to their original user group?

Tested with 4.1.2 and sometimes this mod doesn't return lurker members to the original group. "Lurker" post a new thread, post count increased, last post time changed to current time, but user still in "Lurker", even after calling cron job