Removing users from directory but keeping their post info

[JammyDodger]

@kiefferr

Thanks Jammy! Correct me if I’m wrong but you’re saying that accounts that are suspended will not show when searched for in the user directory, but they must also be deactivated to never display at all?

That’s currently how it’s set up. I think it is a little unusual that they appear in the big list even though they can’t be searched for, so it may be worth a Contribute > UX topic to see if that can be tweaked if you did want to go that route.

@kiefferr

We used the API protocol to suspend users that expire as members within our WP instance, and it looks like we could add a function to “deactivate” and “activate” in much the same way as we did to “suspend” and “unsuspend.”

I think this is how a few sites handle off-boarding paid members (and/or employees), so I think it’s worth a test run to see how you like it.