- Compatible XF 2.x versions
- 2.3
Auto Close Thread Notice helps keep older discussions tidy without surprising your members. It can show a configurable inactivity notice on old threads, automatically close inactive threads by forum, and publish a simple Help page explaining your forum’s auto-close rules.
Features:
Features:
- Automatically closes inactive threads after a configurable number of days.
- Per-forum auto-close settings.
- Different auto-close day values per forum.
- Optional per-forum sticky thread handling.
- Choose whether thread age is based on last post date or thread creation date.
- Optional inactivity notice on open threads.
- Optional inactivity notice on closed threads.
- Friendly notice wording such as “more than 6 months” or “more than a year and 3 months.”
- Option to only show notices in forums where auto-close is enabled.
- Optional login requirement before showing notices.
- Exclude threads started by selected user groups.
- Built-in Help page showing members which forums auto-close and after how long.
- Help page respects forum permissions, so members only see forums they can access.
- Admin tools rebuild entry for processing existing inactive thread backlogs.
- Cron-based auto-closing for ongoing maintenance.
- Keeping support forums current.
- Reducing necroposting in old threads.
- Making forum rules clearer to members.
- Applying different inactivity rules across different forum sections.
- Closing old discussions automatically without manual moderator cleanup.