Simple User Locking
Prevent users (like e.g. ex-employees, rule breakers or spamers) from logging into your WordPress installation for a certain timeframe or permanently …
5(1 reviews)
·0 active installs·Updated 6 years agoAs of April 2026, Simple User Locking is a WordPress user plugin with 0 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 1 reviews. It has been downloaded 1.2K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 5.0+ and PHP 7.0+. Available on WordPress.org since 2019. Last updated 6 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: User Role Editor.
5/51 reviews
0active installs
1.2K+total downloads
7 yearssince 2019
Overview
Prevent users from logging into your WordPress installation for a certain timeframe or permanently. Works also great with the multisite user management area.
The locked users are easily manageable within the users overview page. The settings are within the user edit pages.
No user can lock himself. No user with a lower role can lock a higher user and administrators in a network can not lock super administrators.
If a user is locked, he is instantly logged out of any session until the lock expires or is removed.
No useless overhead, no ads. Just a tiny, but very effective plugin to keep your website secure.
Use cases:
- you do not want to delete a user, but you want to make sure he can not access the site (at least for a certain timeframe)
- an employee leaves your company and access should b…
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Ratings & Reviews
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 5.0+ requiredTested up to 5.2.24 |
| PHP | 7.0+ required |
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Changelog
1.0
- Initial version
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