XF 1.1 Deleting old users

[ratava]

We have a large number of signup on our forums for people that never come back. I am trying to find a way to routinely delete users that have not been seen for a period of time.

I have looks through the admin panel and cant fin any way apart from searching all users and sorting by latest activity then deleting them one by one.

Is there a fast way of doing this that can also be scheduled as a cron entry?

I am willing to get my hands dirty and write an addon to do it if needed but need some guidance to find the last activity date in the database. Also if I delete a user out of xf_user what impact that has on posts that have been created by a deleted user.

I am sure some of the larger forums out there have battled this is the past.

Any help would be appreciated.

Regards
Brent.

 

[Jake Bunce]

There is no mass pruning feature for users. This is a common request. You will probably see this feature in a future version. But in the meantime you have to delete them one-by-one.

When you delete a user their posts remain. Their username remains on the posts but it's no longer linked to an account. It becomes a "guest" post.

 

[ragtek]

http://xenforo.com/community/threads/delete-0-posters.14360/