# Can't close user notes modal due to deprecated guest gate plugin
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-close-user-notes-modal-due-to-deprecated-guest-gate-plugin/245672
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [November 15, 2022, 4:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-close-user-notes-modal-due-to-deprecated-guest-gate-plugin/245672 "2022-11-15T16:35:03Z")
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### Author:  [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [November 15, 2022, 4:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-close-user-notes-modal-due-to-deprecated-guest-gate-plugin/245672/1 "2022-11-15T16:35:03Z")
To replicate:
- click a user avatar in a post to get the user card
- click the user card to get the profile
- click the user notes button
Clicking the X to close the modal does nothing. Hitting ESC does nothing. Reloading the page seems to be the only way to close the modal.
This site has a few crazy plugins, but the problem persists in [safe mode](https://meta.discourse.org/t/53504?silent=true).
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### Author:  [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [November 15, 2022, 4:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-close-user-notes-modal-due-to-deprecated-guest-gate-plugin/245672/2 "2022-11-15T16:36:26Z")
I have just given this a go, and it works here on Meta?
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### Author:  [@RGJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RGJ)
#### Post date: [November 15, 2022, 8:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-close-user-notes-modal-due-to-deprecated-guest-gate-plugin/245672/3 "2022-11-15T20:55:14Z")
Cannot repro… maybe you _should_ look at those crazy plugins?
Feel free to PM me the hostname and I’ll be happy to have a look.
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### Author:  [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [November 15, 2022, 8:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-close-user-notes-modal-due-to-deprecated-guest-gate-plugin/245672/4 "2022-11-15T20:58:53Z")
OK. I moved this to #Support. This guy insists that he hates custom plugins but also insists that his site does things that require plugins. 🙂
I will crank up the staging site and start removing stuff.
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### Author:  [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [November 16, 2022, 3:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-close-user-notes-modal-due-to-deprecated-guest-gate-plugin/245672/5 "2022-11-16T15:08:52Z")
It was the guest gate plugin. Thanks, @RGJ!
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### Author:  [@Stephen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stephen)
#### Post date: [November 16, 2022, 4:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-close-user-notes-modal-due-to-deprecated-guest-gate-plugin/245672/6 "2022-11-16T16:18:24Z")
> [@pfaffman](#):
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> This guy insists that he hates custom plugins but also insists that his site does things that require plugins.
I’ve looked at a couple of customer sites recently which had some truly egregious examples of plugin hoarding - mores than certain Wordpress sites. The need to rebuild when installing a plugin had convinced them to install practically everything they could find on the off-chance they would one day need them, and unlike WP they didn’t appreciate that even disabled plugins can have an impact on stability and performance.
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### Author:  [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [November 16, 2022, 4:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-close-user-notes-modal-due-to-deprecated-guest-gate-plugin/245672/7 "2022-11-16T16:45:07Z")
Interesting. A two-container installation an a [dashboard](https://dashboard.literatecomputing.com/) that would let you graphically add/remove plugins could be a good solution for those people. 🙂
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### Author:  [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [December 16, 2022, 4:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-close-user-notes-modal-due-to-deprecated-guest-gate-plugin/245672/8 "2022-12-16T16:45:15Z")
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