Groups (BuddyPress)

Every BuddyPress group, browsable and joinable, with management for the groups a member runs.

Before you start

Plugin	BuddyPress, with the Groups component enabled — or BuddyBoss Platform, where it is called Social Groups
Endpoint group	BuddyPress Groups
Plan	Every plan

A BuddyPress component that is switched off behaves exactly like a plugin that is not installed. Check Settings → BuddyPress → Components before anything else.

Add it to your app

1. Drag Groups — the card whose subtitle reads BuddyPress — onto a navigation bar.
2. Set the sorting, search and column options.

Settings

Setting	What it does	Default
Group sort	Ordering	Recently active
Group search	A search field on the screen	On
Group columns	How many groups per row	1
Title, Description	Shown at the top	Empty
Open member profiles in	Which Profile feature a tap on a member’s photo or name opens, or Don’t link. Lists every placed Profile, plus Member Profile (BuddyPress)	The first Profile placed
Restrictions	Which roles see the tab	Everyone

One column reads as a list, two as a grid. Use two when your group avatars carry the meaning, one when the names do.

What your members see

Groups with avatars, names and member counts. Opening one shows the group, its members and its activity.

Joining works directly for public groups. Private groups take a membership request.

Managing. A member who runs a group can manage its members, approve or reject requests, and send invites, all from inside the app. Invitations already sent stay on a Pending list, so an organiser can see who is still to answer and withdraw an invitation that is no longer wanted.

A group’s activity takes @mentions of its members and #hashtags. See Mentions and hashtags.

Browsing BuddyPress groups and managing one

Not the same as Ultimate Member groups

BuddyPress groups and Ultimate Member groups are separate systems with separate data. Placing both shows your members two unrelated sets of groups.

Use whichever your site actually runs.

When it does not work

Symptom	Cause	Fix
The card is greyed out	BuddyPress is inactive, or the Groups component is off	Enable the component
The list is empty	The BuddyPress Groups group is off	Enable it
Private groups are missing	The member cannot see them	Expected
Joining does nothing	The group requires approval	Expected
No management actions	The member does not run the group	Expected
Two unrelated sets of groups	Both group features are placed	Remove one
The list fails to load on BuddyBoss	Plugin older than 2.53.0	Update the Memberside plugin
Group photos are square	The Avatars shape is Square, so groups follow it	Expected — an explicit choice is never overridden
Tapping a member’s photo does nothing	No Profile feature is placed, or the setting is Don’t link	Place a Profile feature, or pick one in the setting