vBulletin Manual - An Introduction to User Ranks

User ranks are images or text that are assigned to your users based on their post count. The most common usage of ranks is that of stars that increase or change color based on the user's post count and usergroup.

User's ranks generally appear beneath their username on posts, private messages, announcements, usernotes and in their profile.

Ranks can be assigned to specific usergroups or they can be assigned to cover all groups who don't have a rank specifically assigned to them.

A user's rank is always determined by his Primary Usergroup unless you have public groups enabled and the user has chosen to be identified by a Secondary Usergroup that he/she has joined. In this case the rank will be based upon the Secondary Usergroup.

Navigate to User Ranks->User Rank Manager to view your current ranks. If you have none set up, you will only see the small notice that defines user ranks.

The figure above demonstrates a simple rank scheme. In this setup, members of the Administrator group who have at least 1 post would have the rank of three smilies. Since we have also set up a rank to cover All Usergroups, all other members with at least 10 posts would have a rank of .::Newbie::..

To add a new rank, navigate to User Ranks->Add New User Rank.