# Anyone interested in a mass automatic archiving plugin?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/anyone-interested-in-a-mass-automatic-archiving-plugin/47477
**Category:** Development
**Created:** [July 18, 2016, 8:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/anyone-interested-in-a-mass-automatic-archiving-plugin/47477 "2016-07-18T20:48:04Z")
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### Author: ![fefrei](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/fefrei/32/119538_2.png) [@fefrei](https://meta.discourse.org/u/fefrei)
#### Post date: [July 22, 2016, 11:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/anyone-interested-in-a-mass-automatic-archiving-plugin/47477/9 "2016-07-22T23:17:06Z")

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Possibly related:

> [@Re-purposing a Discourse installation for a yearly event](https://meta.discourse.org/t/re-purposing-a-discourse-installation-for-a-yearly-event/34670/15):
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> It’s time to update this topic! I just finished the process of archiving all topics. I went with this suggestion: Of course, the devil lies in the details, so here are all the details, for anyone interested. Note that I’m not claiming this is the perfect way to do it (I know it’s not), I just want to document this as a starting point for others. Prepare for a wild ride winkLocking out all users The first step is to prevent all those pesky users from getting in again. I did this by configu…

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