[wp-hackers] what's the purpose of user_status field in wp_users table?

[Austin Matzko]

On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 12:40 AM, dave jaggy <jayarjo at gmail.com> wrote:
> I wonder what's the purpose of user_status field in wp_users table? Is
> it used somewhere?

"user_status" is not used in core WordPress.  It is a vestigial organ.

However, are you sure you can't just use the WordPress usermeta API?
It's probably better for forwards-compatibility.