So ... Before anything else, you need to understand one thing: depending on how you interact with the Wordpress application, you'll be granted different user roles and these roles will define your user capabilities.

For more information about this basic topic, please see this:

https://my.wealthyaffiliate.com/training/how-to-manage-your-...

With that having said, let's see the magic ...

We are going to use a handy, tiny 180KB plugin called User Blocker.

Here it is:

https://wordpress.org/plugins/user-blocker/

Upon activation, the plugin will add a new "User Blocker" to your Wordpress admin menu area. Which will take you to a settings page divided into three tabs:

Now let's move to the next lesson to see those settings ...



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Mike009 Premium
Thanks Zed

That was great information.
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smartketeer Premium
Thanks for the time David!
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lesabre Premium
Thank you Zed. Waltzing with you is out of the question. But, yeah we can twist and shout
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smartketeer Premium
I really like rocknrolla ...

Thanks Michael!
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FKelso Premium
Thanks for your instructions.
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smartketeer Premium
Good morning Alaska!

My pleasure :)
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FKelso Premium
Good morning Romania! Hope it is a good morning for you.
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smartketeer Premium
Actually is a boring 7PM here :)
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FKelso Premium
Oh, well, I'd be happy if it were 7 PM because that would mean I could go back to bed soon...lol...A little new snow here this morning. Good day to be inside and warm.
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keishalina Premium
'block .... unblock ... block ...' ....

.... ok Zzz -- now we're becoming a bunch of 'blockheads!' .... lol

.... just enjoying this tut.-tuttit-tut.! .... gotta have some fun sometimes ....

enjoy a wonderful day & life! ... it's all good ...

thanks kindly for showing us 'how to' do everything correctly the first time ... much appreciated ....

cheerio ..... 😊
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smartketeer Premium
Thanks for your time and your comment Mylady!

Oh ... and thanks for making me blockhead ... Now I'm blocked ...
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keishalina Premium
hey ... by the way, just want to confirm something --

so we actually have to keep the plug-in installed to have it continually be 'on guard duty?!' .... would it 'block' anything else other than a user? ....
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smartketeer Premium
Yep. You need to keep it installed and activated otherwise the previously blocked users will be automatically unblocked.

Nope. Won't block anything ...
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keishalina Premium
.. k .. 😊
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MKearns Premium
Thanks for this tutorial zed. Now that we have Gutenberg it's great t have the operating manual updated!
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smartketeer Premium
Thanks for your time and your comment my friend!

But I'm a bit lost ... How is Gutenberg related to this tutorial?
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MKearns Premium
When Wordpress is menti9ned I think Gutenberg these days
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smartketeer Premium
Bad sign :)
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