Support #24645
openmaintaining sites once the creator/administrator's account is deleted.
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Description
Amy Wolfe asks
I'm writing to get some assistance regarding maintaining sites once the creator/administrator's account is deleted.
I am going to be deleting an Academic Commons account I created.
This account is tied to several sites which need to be maintained after my account is deleted.
There are other administrators which were assigned to these sites but they were not the original creators.
I want to make sure when I delete my account that all these sites are maintained and not deleted.
How do I delete my account and make the other administrators become the owners of these sites and ensure the sites are not deleted?
Updated by Marilyn Weber 3 days ago
I'm pretty sure the answer here is that account is deletion will not affect the sites, just double checking
Updated by Boone Gorges 3 days ago
Marilyn, your answer is correct. The user account is deleted, but the sites are not touched.
Updated by Raymond Hoh 3 days ago
Just as a precaution, if Amy's account ever posted any posts on those sites, Amy should reassign the posts on those sites manually to a preferred user, otherwise WordPress / BuddyPress will trash all posts for that user when the user account is deleted: https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/blob/b54aadf4b90bec0d7882f445812ee02f0e2289b6/wp-admin/includes/ms.php#L183-L186
Related, we should also work on #18995 so users are aware what type of content will be removed, as well as what the consequences of removing their account will do when their account is deleted.