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As of 23 Nov 2017 this modification has been withdrawn.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

[gamersplatoon]

Originally Posted by Adam H

Has there been any reports of this mod telling members they are banned and changing their usergroups to Administrators ? I use this on most of my forums however a client has used it and has come up against this problem , the problems didnt start until this was installed , just trying to figure out whether the mod could possibly do it or has whether someone has been playing some other settings

I'm having this issue right now many users have been banned and they are in the admin usergroup that's happend after deleting inactive usergroup.

[cykelmyggen]

Will uninstalling this plugin restore the lurkers to their previous usergroup?

[Paul M]

No.

[cykelmyggen]

But deleting the Lurker usergroup will, or...?

[Paul M]

Deleting the usergroup would [I believe] move them to UG 2.

[f1shman]

I found the answer for my original question here. Thank you so much for sharing this mod with the community!

[xxdestinyxx]

I am sorry if this was asked already but, what if someone is a member of multiple user groups?

Would they get kicked from all then put back into them all, or is it based soley on the primary?

IE: Primary gets changed (they stay in the others) then moved back to the original primary?

EDIT: Nevermind, silly me it was all stated in the first post

[RichieBoy67]

This is great. I have been looking for some user management type mods. Question for you Paul and I apologize if it has been covered. How is this activated? I mean does it run from a scheduled cron task? How often? Will it go through all of the older users or will this just work from the users who join once the mod is installed?

I would also love to be able to move according to email. On some of my client sites they have members that have registered multiple spam accounts using a single domain. Instead of having to go through each user it would be great to just ban them all according to the email domain. I know that is not what this mod was designed for but it seems like something in a similar ball park..

Thanks again Paul! You are one of the few guys here that I know can be trusted. I just mean that when I install one of your mods for a client I know it does what it is designed to do and I know it it was designed and coded well. A+ work always and always one of my coding role models and sort of mentor from afar.

Richie

[Crotan]

Originally Posted by RichieBoy67

This is great. I have been looking for some user management type mods. Question for you Paul and I apologize if it has been covered. How is this activated? I mean does it run from a scheduled cron task? How often? Will it go through all of the older users or will this just work from the users who join once the mod is installed?

I would also love to be able to move according to email. On some of my client sites they have members that have registered multiple spam accounts using a single domain. Instead of having to go through each user it would be great to just ban them all according to the email domain. I know that is not what this mod was designed for but it seems like something in a similar ball park..

Richie

Some of what your asking is already in the vbulletin product. You can add email domains to the Banned Email Addresses field. In User Banning Options in the AdminCP. Just make sure Allow User to Keep Banned Email Addresses, is checked to no

It also works for all your users not just those that join after installing.

[Paul M]

Originally Posted by RichieBoy67

How is this activated? I mean does it run from a scheduled cron task? How often? Will it go through all of the older users or will this just work from the users who join once the mod is installed?

You activate it simply by installing it and setting the options. As it says in the description, it works off the vbulletin hourly cron. It works on all users that fit the options you set.