{"id":3580,"date":"2016-03-11T09:41:13","date_gmt":"2016-03-11T09:41:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/?p=3580"},"modified":"2016-03-11T09:41:13","modified_gmt":"2016-03-11T09:41:13","slug":"block-wordpress-user-without-deleting-account","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/block-wordpress-user-without-deleting-account\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Block a WordPress User without Deleting Their Account"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Sometimes you want to block a person from signing into WordPress. Easily you can achieve this by removing the user account. However that will move all content written by this user to another user. What if we informed you that you can prevent a person without removing their account? In this article, we will show you how to block an account without removing the user in <a href=\"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/how-to-upload-large-images-in-wordpress\/\">WordPress<\/a>.<!--more--><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">You can do it by installing and activating the <strong>Account Locker Lite plugin<\/strong>. Upon activation, just modify the consumer you want to block.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">At the bottom of the user profile, you will see the lock status section.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">You need to choose choose Locked from the Account Status drop down menu and click on update user.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">This will successfully prevent the consumer from signing into your website without eliminating their account or shifting their content\/posts. 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