Topic: How to mass delete pending users – 1 million users (I already did phpmyadmin) · BuddyPress.org

Skip to:: Content; Pages; Categories; Search; Top; Bottom

How to mass delete pending users – 1 million users (I already did phpmyadmin)

@juliantrueflynn

Participant

9 years, 11 months ago

I am just getting onboard for a client’s site and they have around 1 million pending users. Typically I would just flush them all but it’s actually a popular site and there’s a lot of real people signing up. Part of the reason for so many is this client didn’t have a developer for awhile and there was an issue with people not being sent activation email (now fixed with plugin).

I already went through the database with phpmyadmin and flushed all the bad email ones. This was from the wp_user table.

I can only delete about 900 a time in the WordPress front in and it takes a couple minutes loading time each time.

Site info:
Buddypress Version 2.1.1
WordPress 4.0.1
Using Firmasite theme (bootstrap)

Everything else seems to be working fine and there’s no other issues with the database. I haven’t edited any core files in WP/BP.

Thank you

Viewing 3 replies - 1 through 3 (of 3 total)

@juliantrueflynn

Participant

9 years, 11 months ago

Nevermind, found out from researching more on WordPress databases that for these pending accounts you should go into “wp_signups” database (they’re stored in 2 places). Then with phpmyadmin I am searching that table and deleting anyone using spammy emails.

@henrywright

Moderator

9 years, 11 months ago

Yeah, see here for details of the wp_signups table.

You may also be interested in these links:

BuddyPress database description

BuddyPress Database Diagram

WordPress database description
https://codex.wordpress.org/images/9/97/WP3.8-ERD.png

@djsteveb

Participant

9 years, 11 months ago

@juliantrueflynn
Might also look into – https://wordpress.org/plugins/unconfirmed/

I have used that to resend activations, the plugin description says it can “deleting their pending registrations,” – but not sure if that means is removes them from the database or whatever.. I have not tried using it in that manner. This plugin might also limit the amount of users you can mess with to 20 or 40 at a time – so it may be too tedious to do what you need anyhow. Haven’t played with it a while, and not sure if it’s been updated to add new functions since I used.

Others finding this thread may benefit from that plugin, or not – just a thought.

Viewing 3 replies - 1 through 3 (of 3 total)

The topic ‘How to mass delete pending users – 1 million users (I already did phpmyadmin)’ is closed to new replies.