XF2 Addons Auto Close + Thread Notice 1.1.0

Auto Close Thread Notice helps keep older discussions tidy without surprising your members.

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:

• 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.

Useful for:

• 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.