I noticed I couldn't make them inactive from the backend, so I shall use the database... thanks for the tip 🙃

@robert that's one further clarification and I thank you for it. So, in a way I could make them inactive since they are created for database purpose...

@dimalifragis it bothers me for a simple reason: privacy and hackers. I have set fake users (real names, no other data) for internal database reasons,...

@robert I understand that the flow is correct. But we are talking about some name-surname that should not be visible at all. And if no one is register...

I still think that something is wrong. My analytics shows tons of people viewing pages like this: mydomain/forum/?foro=signin&redirect_to=/forum...

thank you for your patience. I don't use cache plugins so I cleared it via the Forum dashboard and the problem seems solved, i.e. logged in user now s...

@robert thank you very much for the clarification and for the solution, which I confirm is working! 😛

Can I ask you what Guests has got to do with a custom role I created (fake-users)? Are you suggesting that any custom role is interpretated as Guests ...

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...thank you for investigating this issue. You can find my forum here, and you can see that the members list shows empty. However, I can browse to one...

trust me, the problem is visible without being logged in as Admin. All checkboxes in usergroup are disabled. This is hackers' job because the website ...

🤣 I have resolved by re-importing that single user... it might have been a little glitch in the database. Thank you for the cache tip.