The plugin provides following settings for flagging members:
Link text when flag
The option helps in
setting button text while flagging member which is set to
'Flag' by default.In below screenshot we can see the flag member button in member actions row.
Flag member action in member actions dropdown
Link text when unflag
The option helps
in setting button text while unflagging member which is set to
'Unflag' by default. In below screenshot we can see the unflag member action link in member actions dropdown.
Unflag member action link in member actions dropdown
Enable automatic moderation
This option lets side admin to enable/disable automatic moderation for flagged members. This setting is complemented with Automatic moderation limit. When
automatic moderation is enabled the flagged member gets hidden
from members directory listing to reporters or all site members depending upon the hide mode setting.
Automatic moderation limit
This setting complements Enable automatic moderation. This
setting accepts numeric value. If automatic moderation is on and the
number of reporters become greater than or equal to the automatic
moderation limit for the flagged member then that member gets
hidden from members directory listing for reporters or all site members depending upon the hide mode
setting. Default automatic moderation value is 5.
Hide Mode
Hide mode setting provide two ways of hiding content. When Reporters option is selected then member is hidden only for reporters, while when All members option is selected, flagged member is hidden for all site members.
When
hide mode is set from plugin settings section, the mode is assigned to
newly flagged content. Apart from this admin can set hide mode
individually for every flagged content. In screenshot we can see the Hide Mode settings under related actions post meta section.
Individual hide mode setting in related actions post meta section
Restrictions for reported member
When a member is flagged certain restrictions can be imposed on member. Resctrictions provided by the plugin are as following:
Remove member from member's directory listing : On checking this option flagged member will not get listed in buddypress member's directory listing for reporters or all site members depending upon the hide mode saved. Individual resctrictons can also be imposed on site member using related actions post meta section for any flagged member data.
Remove access to update status : On checking this option moderated or spammed member will not be able to do status updates.
Remove access to send private messages : On checking this option moderated or spammed member will not be able to send private message to any site members.
Account lock message
Using this setting admin can set account lock message which will be shown at login screen when a locked member tries to login into the account.
Site admin can flagged member account by using Lock member account option provided in related actions post meta section as shown in the screenshot. Also site admin can also set different lock message for individual members using Account lock message provided in related actions row.
When a site admin locks a flagged member account a mail is send to the locked member using buddypress mail component. With mail arguments as {{blockers.name}} [ the person who is blocking the account ]and {{reporters.name}} [ list of reporters who had flagged member. ]
As the buddypress mail component is being used mail content can be customized under buddypress email section in wordpress back-end.
E-mail send to a locked member