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OK, well if I am understanding.

Previously the two plugins worked OK together, but recently not. Not sure if its yours or theirs, but if I have yours off, the site works OK.

Yes, Ultimate Member is a user control system. The free version is very good, and allows us to add new fields to the registration form, which we require. It provides its own login, logout and profile pages.

It does not "disable" the /wp-admin/ page, but it does allow a front in log in.

Of recent, when a registered user tries to login it accepts user/pass then reloads the site still leaving them logged out. Not sure why.
If I skip their login page, and go directly to /wp-admin/ it works.

So, for right now, I leave your plugin off, and when I get a new user that we accept as valid, I enable your plugin, "push" the account to phpBB, and disable the plugin.

Not fun, nor the best way, but it works.

1.4.1 will be in this way:
if user deactivated on phpBB, when user login will be also deactivated or added as deactivated also on WP, when he visit or try to login wp side.

all modifications done via WP side on user profile, by user or admin, are immediately also updated on phpBB.
Mods on profile done on phpBB side, are updated on WP side only when affected user, visit WP side.

Since wp_w3all do not touch nothing on phpBB side, as it is a WordPress plugin, this the best possible to do.
What change is admin experience if mods on profile are done by admin on users in phpBB side, but not the user experience.