{"id":64,"date":"2021-04-12T18:09:27","date_gmt":"2021-04-12T18:09:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/documentation.userswp.io\/article\/how-to-create-groups\/"},"modified":"2025-03-26T15:39:31","modified_gmt":"2025-03-26T15:39:31","slug":"how-to-create-groups","status":"publish","type":"gd_place","link":"https:\/\/userswp.io\/documentation\/article\/groups\/how-to-create-groups\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Create Groups?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\tThe Groups extension lets you create groups on your UsersWP-powered website, similar to the way you&#8217;d create groups on Facebook or other social networks.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\n\tTo create a group, the extension provides a separate <strong>Create Group <\/strong>page template.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Creating Groups<\/h2>\n<dl>\n<dt>1<\/dt>\n<dd>\n\tFirst, you need to specify the <strong>Name <\/strong>and<strong> Description <\/strong>for your group. You should also <strong>Add Members <\/strong>when creating a group, though you can always invite new members later. To do so, simply input comma-separated email addresses of your members.&nbsp;\n\t<\/dd>\n<dt>2<\/dt>\n<dd>\n\tThe next step is to choose the <strong>Privacy Settings <\/strong>for your group. You have three options &#8212; <strong>Public, Private <\/strong>and <strong>Hidden.&nbsp;<\/strong> <\/dd>\n<dt>3<\/dt>\n<dd>\n\tLastly, you can choose whether to auto-approve posts or moderate them first in the <strong>Post Moderation <\/strong>field. You can also select whether group members can <strong>invite users <\/strong>to the group, or only moderators and admins can do so.&nbsp;\n\t<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<p>\n\t<img width=\"636\" height=\"957\" src=\"https:\/\/userswp.io\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/file-CmWsFhLozW-1.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/userswp.io\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/file-CmWsFhLozW-1.png 636w, https:\/\/userswp.io\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/file-CmWsFhLozW-1-199x300.png 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 636px) 100vw, 636px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Privacy Settings<\/h2>\n<p>\n\tGroups extension provides three Privacy Settings for your groups:&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Public<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Any site member can join this group.<\/li>\n<li>This group will be listed in the groups directory and in search results.<\/li>\n<li>Group content and activity will be visible to any site member.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Private<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Only users who request membership and are accepted can join the group.<\/li>\n<li>This group will be listed in the groups directory and in search results.<\/li>\n<li>Group content and activity will only be visible to members of the group.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Hidden<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Only users who are invited can join the group.<\/li>\n<li>This group will not be listed in the groups directory or search results.<\/li>\n<li>Group content and activity will only be visible to members of the group.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Groups extension lets you create groups on your UsersWP-powered website, similar to the way you&#8217;d create groups on Facebook or other social networks.&nbsp; To create a group, the extension provides a separate Create Group page template.&nbsp; Creating Groups 1 First, you need to specify the Name and Description for your group. You should also [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"article\/tags":[125,126],"article\/categories":[36,5],"class_list":["post-64","gd_place","type-gd_place","status-publish","hentry","gd_place_tags-groups","gd_place_tags-groups-extension","gd_placecategory-groups","gd_placecategory-extensions-features"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/userswp.io\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/64","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/userswp.io\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/userswp.io\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/gd_place"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/userswp.io\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/userswp.io\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/64\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/userswp.io\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"gd_place_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/userswp.io\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/tags?post=64"},{"taxonomy":"gd_placecategory","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/userswp.io\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/categories?post=64"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}