Title: Guest User
Author: Palasthotel GmbH
Published: <strong>April 25, 2022</strong>
Last modified: October 2, 2026

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# Guest User

 By [Palasthotel GmbH](https://profiles.wordpress.org/palasthotel/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/guest-user.1.0.1.zip)

 * [Details](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/guest-user/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/guest-user/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/guest-user/#installation)
 * [Development](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/guest-user/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/guest-user/)

## Description

Guest authors, former staff or contributors who only send in their texts need a 
user account to appear as the author of a post – but they do not need to be able
to sign in.

Guest User adds a checkbox “Is guest” to the user edit screen and to the “Add New
User” screen. An account marked as guest

 * cannot sign in with its password, neither at the login form nor through XML-RPC,
 * is signed out of every session it still had open when it was marked,
 * cannot use application passwords or any other way of authenticating against the
   REST API.

The account itself, its posts and its author archive stay as they are. Uncheck the
box and the account can sign in again.

Developers can check an account with `guest_user_is_guest( $user_id )`.

## Installation

 1. Install the plugin from Plugins > Add New, or upload `guest-user.zip` there
 2. Activate it
 3. Open a user’s profile and check “Is guest”

## FAQ

### Can I mark my own account as guest?

No. The checkbox is only shown when you edit other users, so you cannot lock yourself
out.

### Where is the flag stored?

In the user meta `_is_guest_user` with the value `yes`.

## Reviews

There are no reviews for this plugin.

## Contributors & Developers

“Guest User” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this
plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Palasthotel GmbH ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/palasthotel/)
 *   [ EdwardBock ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/edwardbock/)
 *   [ Jana Eggebrecht ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/janaeggebrecht/)

“Guest User” has been translated into 1 locale. Thank you to [the translators](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/guest-user/contributors)
for their contributions.

[Translate “Guest User” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/guest-user)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/guest-user/), check
out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/guest-user/), or subscribe
to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/guest-user/) by 
[RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/guest-user/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 1.0.1

**Bug Fixes**
 * remove the deprecation notices on PHP 8.2 and later (da1648a) *
show the German translation of “Is guest” (83c573c) * sign guest accounts out everywhere,
not only at the login form (0826910) * verify a nonce when the guest checkbox is
saved (b5e075f)

#### 1.0.0

 * First release

## Meta

 *  Version **1.0.1**
 *  Last updated **4 days ago**
 *  Active installations **Fewer than 10**
 *  WordPress version ** 5.0 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **7.1.2**
 *  PHP version ** 7.4 or higher **
 *  Languages
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/guest-user/) and [German](https://de.wordpress.org/plugins/guest-user/).
 *  [Translate into your language](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/guest-user)
 * Tags
 * [author](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/author/)[guest](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/guest/)
   [login](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/login/)[security](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/security/)
   [user](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/user/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/guest-user/advanced/)

## Ratings

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## Contributors

 *   [ Palasthotel GmbH ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/palasthotel/)
 *   [ EdwardBock ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/edwardbock/)
 *   [ Jana Eggebrecht ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/janaeggebrecht/)

## Support

Got something to say? Need help?

 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/guest-user/)

## Donate

Would you like to support the advancement of this plugin?

 [ Donate to this plugin ](https://palasthotel.de/)