# Group User Status

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/group-user-status/393748
**Category:** Plugin
**Tags:** user-status
**Created:** [January 18, 2026, 6:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/group-user-status/393748 "2026-01-18T18:24:18Z")
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### Author: ![Lilly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/lilly/32/575047_2.png) [@Lilly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lilly)
#### Post date: [July 21, 2026, 12:29am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/group-user-status/393748/3 "2026-07-21T00:29:05Z")

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i have updated this plugin with the new `disallowed_groups` granular settings so that the unnecessary `anonymous_users`, `logged_in_users` and `everyone` groups cannot be selected. it will update itself the next time you update your Discourse instance.

for more info see this topic here:

> [@Granular group-based permissions for anonymous and logged in users](https://meta.discourse.org/t/granular-group-based-permissions-for-anonymous-and-logged-in-users/402273):
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> There has been a historically confusing pseudogroup called @everyone within our codebase, which can be used for: Site settings which are of the group\_list type Category permissions Tag groups In some cases people are taking @everyone to mean “all anonymous and all logged in users”, and others are taking it to mean only “all logged in users”, where the reality for site settings is that it only means “all logged in users” in most cases. Further muddying the waters is the fact that this @everyo…

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