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This means that the new registrant has 2 weeks to do something with their account. Doing something means; post a comment, create a page or create a blogpost.<\/p>\n\n<p>Additionally <strong>AJdG User Cleaner<\/strong> supports WooCommerce and bbPress.\nIf the user creates an order in WooCommerce or a topic or reply in bbPress the account is not deleted.\nIf either WooCommerce or bbPress is not active those will not count towards deleting the users.<\/p>\n\n<p>This works very simple, <strong>AJdG User Cleaner<\/strong> checks applicable accounts for the required activities.\nThe simplicity of the plugin also means that no warning or notification is given when deleting accounts.\nAccounts are not placed in a trash bin. Deleting of accounts is permanent.<\/p>\n\n<p>The Administrator, Editor and Author roles are excempt from deletion.<\/p>\n\n<p>This plugin has no settings and works quietly in the background.<\/p>\n\n<h4>Features<\/h4>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Daily delete unused accounts<\/li>\n<li>Check if the user has created a post or page<\/li>\n<li>Check if the user has replied to a post (eg. placed a comment)<\/li>\n<li>Supports WooCommerce checks if the account has orders<\/li>\n<li>Supports bbPress checks if topics and replies are posted by the account<\/li>\n<li>Sends an email to the administration email address with how many accounts were deleted that day<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<!--section=installation-->\n<ol>\n<li>Navigate to Plugins &gt; Add New in your dashboard.<\/li>\n<li>Search for 'AJdG User Cleaner' or 'Arnan User Cleaner' in the plugin database and click install on the <strong>AJdG User Cleaner<\/strong> plugin.<\/li>\n<li>Activate <strong>AJdG User Cleaner<\/strong> when done.<\/li>\n<li>Useless users will be deleted in the background from now on. This plugin has no settings.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n<!--section=faq-->\n<dl>\n<dt id='i%20have%20other%20activities%20not%20covered%20by%20this%20plugin'><h3>I have other activities not covered by this plugin<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p><strong>AJdG User Cleaner<\/strong> does not check for other activities. So the user may be deleted.\nIf you feel your use-case should be included let me know.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id='how%20do%20i%20know%20the%20plugin%20works'><h3>How do I know the plugin works<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p><strong>AJdG User Cleaner<\/strong> sends a email notification when the cycle is finished and users have been deleted.\nAlternatively you can check your Users dashboard, if a bunch went 'missing'... Well, there you go.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id='will%20this%20delete%20administrator%20accounts%3F'><h3>Will this delete administrator accounts?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p><strong>AJdG User Cleaner<\/strong> will never delete Administrator, Editor or Author accounts.\nAll other accounts can be deleted.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id='can%20i%20recover%20deleted%20accounts%3F'><h3>Can I recover deleted accounts?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>No, there is no trashbin or undo button.\nThe deleted user can of-course register a new account.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id='will%20this%20delete%20all%20user%20data%3F'><h3>Will this delete all user data?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>All associated meta data will be deleted using the official wp_delete_user() function.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id='where%20are%20the%20settings%3F'><h3>Where are the settings?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>This plugin has no settings.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id='will%20this%20overload%20the%20site%3F'><h3>Will this overload the site?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>Generally no. However, if you have many accounts, say 3000 or more, the first cycle of deletions may include many accounts.\nThis can slow down your site for a few seconds. After that, only the new accounts are checked.\nAs an example - when I first used this plugin on a real site it had about 7700 accounts. 2500+ got deleted, this took about 10 seconds.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id='i%27ve%20cleaned%20out%20old%20accounts%20but%20they%20are%20not%20deleted'><h3>I've cleaned out old accounts but they are not deleted<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>Simply de-activate and re-activate the plugin to start over.\nRemember, this counts as a first run, so the first cycle may take a few seconds.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id='i%20need%20help%20with%20this%20plugin'><h3>I need help with this plugin<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>Check out my <a href=\"https:\/\/support.ajdg.net\/knowledgebase.php\">Support system<\/a><\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id='this%20is%20cool%2C%20do%20you%20have%20more%20plugins%3F'><h3>This is cool, do you have more plugins?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>Yep, check out my website <a href=\"https:\/\/ajdg.solutions\/plugins\/\">AJdG Solutions<\/a><\/p><\/dd>\n\n<\/dl>\n\n<!--section=changelog-->\n<h4>1.1 - January ??, 2026<\/h4>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Added - Support for updates through GooseUp<\/li>\n<li>Added - Meta links<\/li>\n<li>Removed - Action links<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h4>1.0.8 - March 4, 2025<\/h4>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Tested to work with WordPress 6.7<\/li>\n<li>Tested to work with ClassicPress 2.4<\/li>\n<li>[update] Action links<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h4>1.0.7 - 6 July, 2024<\/h4>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Author accounts are now also excempt from deletion<\/li>\n<li>Minor code tweaks<\/li>\n<li>Tested to work with WordPress 6.6<\/li>\n<li>Tested to work with ClassicPress 2.1.1<\/li>\n<li>Updated support links<\/li>\n<li>Updated readme.txt<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h4>1.0.6 - 31 January, 2023<\/h4>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Tested to work with WordPress 6.1.1<\/li>\n<li>Tested to work with ClassicPress 1.5.1<\/li>\n<li>Updated support links<\/li>\n<li>Updated readme.txt<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h4>1.0.5 - 11 October, 2022<\/h4>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Tested to work with WordPress 6+<\/li>\n<li>Tested to work with ClassicPress 1.4+<\/li>\n<li>Updated support links<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h4>1.0.4 - 25 January, 2022<\/h4>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Tested to work with WordPress 5.9<\/li>\n<li>Tested to work with ClassicPress 1.3.1<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h4>1.0.3 - 20 June, 2021<\/h4>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Updated readme.txt<\/li>\n<li>Tested to work with WordPress 5.7<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h4>1.0.2 - 25 January, 2021<\/h4>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Happy New Year<\/li>\n<li>Updated readme.txt<\/li>\n<li>Tested to work with WordPress 5.6<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h4>1.0.1 - 3 August, 2020<\/h4>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Tested to work with WordPress 5.5<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h4>1.0<\/h4>\n\n<ul>\n<li>First version<\/li>\n<\/ul>","raw_excerpt":"If an account is registered and nothing is done with it the account is deleted after two weeks.","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/th.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin\/119494","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/th.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/th.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/plugin"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/th.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119494"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/th.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wporg\/v1\/users\/adegans"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/th.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"plugin_section","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/th.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_section?post=119494"},{"taxonomy":"plugin_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/th.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_tags?post=119494"},{"taxonomy":"plugin_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/th.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_category?post=119494"},{"taxonomy":"plugin_contributors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/th.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_contributors?post=119494"},{"taxonomy":"plugin_business_model","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/th.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_business_model?post=119494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}