Title: Changing a user's status
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Changing a user's status

 *  [dagneday](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dagneday/)
 * (@dagneday)
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-a-users-status/)
 * I have recently implemented the Private Only custom login plugin on a client 
   site. We have been testing out what happens when a user’s status is changed. 
   It seems that if a user goes from being a ‘Subscriber’ to ‘No role for this site’
   that the change is permanent. I’ve tried reinstating an existing user as a Subscriber,
   but the login for that user no longer seems to work in that:
 * 1) The user does not receive a login email, as they would do when they first 
   are subscribed.
 * 2) The password reminder function still works, but I can’t login as that user
   even after confirming and using the correct password.
 * Does a change in status to ‘No role for this site’ mean that you have to delete
   the user and start over?
 * Thank you.
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/private-only/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/private-only/)

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## Tags

 * [member login](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/member-login/)
 * [User Login](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/user-login/)
 * [user status](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/user-status/)

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 * Last reply from: [dagneday](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dagneday/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-a-users-status/)
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