Hi,

Just wondering if there is a way to change user titles, e.g. "stranger" on an individual basis, such as for administrators and VIPs.

Thanks in advance for your time.

Yep, if you edit the user one of the options is to give him/her a custom title.

To Edit a users title, visit the Admin area and go to 'Show/Edit Users'. From there you can track down the user you want to modify. Once you track down the User, click on the User's name and then you'll be given the option to Edit Profile. Change their user title there.

Does modifying the individual's title exclude it from changing to another title when they hit the next tier of posts in the filters???

I can only answer for 5.4.3 as that is the version we are using and yes, it does exclude it from changing if they reach another level.