Title: Disable Users
Author: Jared Atchison
Published: <strong>August 21, 2013</strong>
Last modified: November 11, 2015

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# disable-users

 By [Jared Atchison](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jaredatch/)

 * [Details](https://emoji.wordpress.org/plugins/disable-users/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://emoji.wordpress.org/plugins/disable-users/#reviews)
 * [Development](https://emoji.wordpress.org/plugins/disable-users/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/disable-users/)

## Description

This plugin has been closed as of September 28, 2026 and is not available for download.
This closure is temporary, pending a full review.

## Reviews

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/2e19d3fe4d8fbc5a20a3b0e6bc3aa5cdaebdd6c79b91cbbd6d0ab63af13b1021?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[good and simple](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/good-and-simple-56/)󠁿

 [Jakob Helmer](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jakobuz/) May 22, 2020

Despite not updated for a while (which might not be needed, because it's only just
a few lines of code), it just works.

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d48d7f71677b7abebd264df50634fb3e5d89b55df66cb92ddcc9dce05d54fc71?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Works perfectly](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/works-perfectly-1275/)󠁿

 [lobogc](https://profiles.wordpress.org/lobogc/) October 20, 2017

Works perfectly with WP 4.8.2

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/a811bfa657a6e6b9b98caf258fd5e51c603169b9a7342596832a2230ebcbc84a?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Does exactly what it says on the tin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-exactly-what-it-says-on-the-tin-66/)󠁿

 [Rufus McDufus](https://profiles.wordpress.org/rufus-mcdufus/) September 3, 2016

Perfect. Is there a way of listing disabled accounts afterwards? The 'Disabled' 
column isn't sortable and I can't figure a way of listing them.

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/c4705f84657a8c417fc344c8d7c88e37ae661929d038ad7fdfb13844d578138d?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Does what it says it will do](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-what-it-says-it-will-do-10/)󠁿

 [jesselperry](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jesselperry/) September 3, 2016

Seems like a simple request, right? Disable a specific user account without deleting
the user. Surprisingly this isn't a feature built into Wordpress, and even more 
surprising there isn't another plugin out there that does this. There are other 
simple plugins that say they do this — but they don't work. There are other plugins
that do things based on user role — but those are too complicated to set up user
roles just to disable an account. This does exactly what I needed — a simple plugin
that lets me disable a user with just a checkbox. Simple.

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/40ae246ca6b323dfc9a9235543053dbac2d254c8450b11eaf02b78608b98d3c7?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[nice little feature](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/nice-little-feature/)󠁿

 [skater4life80](https://profiles.wordpress.org/skater4life80/) September 3, 2016

Great idea for limiting access to others (admins or other users) while doing updates
or maintenance on the backend.

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/c4e36ba4429feed0624210974dc5b34bfcc752abfc706111882abed5d251972f?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Brazilian Portuguese translation.](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/brazilian-portuguese-translation-6/)󠁿

 [dbiagi](https://profiles.wordpress.org/dbiagi/) September 3, 2016

I just created a .mo file for this plugin in pt_BR. Here is the files: https://drive.
google.com/open?id=0B45nMNzIYUITenh1RWhDVzBHbmc. PS: Thanks for the plugin. Works
fine.

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## Contributors & Developers

“Disable Users” is open source software. The following people have contributed to
this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Jared Atchison ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jaredatch/)

[Translate “Disable Users” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/disable-users)

### Interested in development?

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out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/disable-users/), or subscribe
to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/disable-users/) 
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## Meta

 *  Version **1.0.5**
 *  Last updated **9 years ago**
 *  Active installations **N/A**
 *  WordPress version ** 4.0.0 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **4.3.34**
 *  Language
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