@hairylarry

My own solution for ALWAYS DELETING newest and online members

Index

<?php
/**
 * Members index
 *
 */

//$num_members = get_number_users();

$title = elgg_echo('members:label:popular');

$options = array('type' => 'user', 'full_view' => false, 'limit' =>200,);
switch ($vars['page']) {
    default:
        $options['relationship'] = 'friend';
        $options['inverse_relationship'] = false;
        $content = elgg_list_entities_from_relationship_count($options);
        break;
    //case 'online':
        //$content = get_online_users();
    //    break;
//    case 'newest':
//    default:
    //    $content = elgg_list_entities($options);
        //break;
}

$params = array(
    'content' => $content,
    'sidebar' => elgg_view('members/sidebar'),
    'title' => $title,
    'filter_override' => elgg_view('members/nav', array('selected' => 'popular')),
);

$body = elgg_view_layout('content', $params);

echo elgg_view_page($title, $body);

Navigation:

<?php
/**
 * Members navigation
 */

$tabs = array(
    //'newest' => array(
    //    'title' => elgg_echo('members:label:newest'),
    //    'url' => "members/newest",
    //    'selected' => $vars['selected'] == 'newest',
    //),
    'popular' => array(
        'title' => elgg_echo('members:label:popular'),
        'url' => "members/popular",
        'selected' => $vars['selected'] == 'popular',
    ),
//    'online' => array(
    //    'title' => elgg_echo('members:label:online'),
    //    'url' => "members/online",
    //    'selected' => $vars['selected'] == 'online',
    //),
);

echo elgg_view($tabs);

If you are on 1.8, the way of doing it is unregister the members_page_handler() function. Register your own page handler for members page. and copy the pages/index.php to your plugin's pages/index.php \. Change the switch as folllows

switch ($vars['page']) {
    case 'popular':
        default:
        $options['relationship'] = 'friend';
        $options['inverse_relationship'] = false;
        $content = elgg_list_entities_from_relationship_count($options);
        break;
    case 'online':
        $content = get_online_users();
        break;
    case 'newest':
        $content = elgg_list_entities($options);
        break;
}