{"id":670,"date":"2026-04-27T11:19:33","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T10:19:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/userswp.io\/documentation\/?post_type=gd_place&#038;p=670"},"modified":"2026-04-27T11:19:34","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T10:19:34","slug":"uwp-about-group","status":"publish","type":"gd_place","link":"https:\/\/userswp.io\/documentation\/article\/extensions-features\/uwp-about-group\/","title":{"rendered":"UWP &gt; About Group"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"alert alert-success dashed\">All Widgets come as Widgets, Shortcodes or Blocks. Learn more about our <a href=\"https:\/\/userswp.io\/documentation\/article\/what-makes-userswp-widgets-special\/\">Super Duper Widgets<\/a>.<\/section>\n<section class=\"alert alert-info\">You must have the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/userswp.io\/downloads\/groups\/\" target=\"_blank\">Groups<\/a><\/strong> extension for UsersWP installed and activated in order to access these options.<\/section>\n<p>The <strong>UWP &gt; About Group<\/strong> block is used to display group information and description on the frontend. It helps visitors and members understand the purpose and details of the group.<\/p>\n<p>This block appears on the single group detail page.<\/p>\n<h2>Widget Options<\/h2>\n<p>Below are the available settings for the <strong>UWP &gt; About Group<\/strong> block:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Widget Title &#8211; <\/strong>Enter a custom heading to display above the group information.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Group ID (<a href=\"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/article\/core-features\/hidden-advanced-settings\/\" target=\"_blank\">A<\/a>) &#8211; <\/strong>Leave blank to use the current group ID. On the group detail page, it will automatically use the displayed group ID.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Group Text Limit (<a href=\"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/article\/core-features\/hidden-advanced-settings\/\" target=\"_blank\">A<\/a>) &#8211; <\/strong>Set the maximum number of characters to display for the group description.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Enable Group Member (<a href=\"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/article\/core-features\/hidden-advanced-settings\/\" target=\"_blank\">A<\/a>) &#8211; <\/strong>Enable this option to display the selected group members count.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This block improves user experience by clearly presenting group details and important information.<\/p>\n<h2>Example Output<\/h2>\n<p>Below is an example of how the block appears on the frontend with default settings applied:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Default Output:<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/userswp.io\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/about-this-group.png\" alt=\"UWP About Group Block Display\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/figure>\n<p>The appearance and layout may vary depending on your active theme and customization settings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All Widgets come as Widgets, Shortcodes or Blocks. Learn more about our Super Duper Widgets. You must have the Groups extension for UsersWP installed and activated in order to access these options. The UWP &gt; About Group block is used to display group information and description on the frontend. It helps visitors and members understand [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"article\/tags":[126,125],"article\/categories":[36,5],"class_list":["post-670","gd_place","type-gd_place","status-publish","hentry","gd_place_tags-groups-extension","gd_place_tags-groups","gd_placecategory-groups","gd_placecategory-extensions-features"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/userswp.io\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/670","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"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/userswp.io\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/userswp.io\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=670"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/userswp.io\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/670\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/userswp.io\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=670"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"gd_place_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/userswp.io\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/tags?post=670"},{"taxonomy":"gd_placecategory","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/userswp.io\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/categories?post=670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}