Groups

A browsable list of every group in your community, with joining and a discussion wall inside each one.

Before you start

Plugin	Ultimate Member - Groups
Endpoint groups	Groups, plus Wall for group discussions
Plan	Every plan

Place Activity Thread on the Background tab so tapping a group post’s comments works.

Add it to your app

1. Drag Groups onto a navigation bar.
2. Set a Title.
3. Consider My Groups and Create Group alongside it, grouped under a Parent Menu in the drawer.

Settings

Setting	What it does	Default
Title, Description	Shown at the top	Empty
Restrictions	Which roles see the tab	Everyone

What your members see

Every group they are allowed to see, with its avatar, name and member count. Opening one shows the group, its members, and its discussion wall.

Members join public groups directly. Private groups take a request, handled by whoever manages the group.

Posting to a group’s wall uses the same feed machinery as the News Feed, which is why group discussions need the Wall endpoint group as well as Groups.

Browsing groups and joining one

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Browsing groups and joining one

Ultimate Member groups or BuddyPress groups

Two separate group systems, and they are not interchangeable.

	Groups	Groups (BuddyPress)
Plugin	UM - Groups	BuddyPress
Discussion	The UM wall	BuddyPress activity
Endpoint group	Groups	BuddyPress Groups

Use whichever your site actually runs. Placing both would show your members two unrelated sets of groups.

When it does not work

Symptom	Cause	Fix
The list is empty	The Groups group is off	Enable it
Groups open but discussion is empty	The Wall group is off	Enable it
Tapping a group post’s comments does nothing	Activity Thread is not placed	Add it on the Background tab
Fewer groups than on the website	Private groups the member cannot see	Expected
Joining does nothing	The group needs approval	Expected for private groups
Two unrelated sets of groups	Both group features are placed	Remove one