Title: User Groups Author: Zack Katz Published: June 29, 2012 Last modified: April 11, 2016 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/user-groups/assets/banner-772x250.jpg?rev=680654) This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress. ![](https://ps.w.org/user-groups/assets/icon-256x256.jpg?rev=1179282) # User Groups By [Zack Katz](https://profiles.wordpress.org/katzwebdesign/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/user-groups.zip) * [Details](https://xho.wordpress.org/plugins/user-groups/#description) * [Reviews](https://xho.wordpress.org/plugins/user-groups/#reviews) * [Installation](https://xho.wordpress.org/plugins/user-groups/#installation) * [Development](https://xho.wordpress.org/plugins/user-groups/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/user-groups/) ## Description ### Group Your Users * Add descriptions to user groups * Assign colors to user groups * View all users in a group * Add users to more than one group at a time The User Groups plugin does not modify user capabilities, limit access, or anything like that. This plugin does one thing, and does it well: create groups and organize your users by that group. Works beautifully with the [Rich Text Tags](https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/rich-text-tags/) plugin for adding WYSIWYG descriptions to the User Groups. ## Screenshots * [[ * The User Groups screen is just like the Categories screen, but with a color selector! * [[ * View all users in a group, as well as the group description * [[ * Edit the Group once it is created * [[ * How the user groups look in the User Profile screen ## Installation 1. Upload the User Groups plugin folder to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress 3. Create User Groups by going to Users > Groups 4. Add users to an User Group by visiting their profile page and selecting checkboxes of the groups you’d like to add them to ## FAQ Does this plugin limit user access to (anything) Nope. ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/7783b114a5732ff58ee7e543d40a11d6da667e7f25069cd1e53d7e9984a6c49a? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[display user groups in frontage](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/display-user-groups-in-frontage/)󠁿 [dabbas](https://profiles.wordpress.org/dabbas/) September 28, 2020 Can I display the group archive on the site front page? ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/da3e27d6677c284469d282023c0c8b41891182dfabaa63e8278e1f72a33b74dd? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Great Plugin!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/great-plugin-9144/)󠁿 [swiesman](https://profiles.wordpress.org/swiesman/) September 3, 2016 Great plugin! ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/ce2ad97f00330574ea8f251168695e8974d09405ff6adcd837364aa6dac01037? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Unable to test – it will not let me in](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/unable-to-test-it-will-not-let-me-in/)󠁿 [WebsterRidge](https://profiles.wordpress.org/websterridge/) September 3, 2016 I installed it according to instructions. It reports that there are no groups (yet?). It will not let me use any of it’s functions because I am “not authorized”. No easy to find instructions provided for authorizing the first (admin) user… Oh well… [ Read all 9 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/user-groups/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “User Groups” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Zack Katz ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/katzwebdesign/) * [ Zack Katz ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/katzwebservices/) [Translate “User Groups” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/user-groups) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/user-groups/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/user-groups/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/user-groups/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/user-groups/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 1.3 & 1.3.1 on April 11, 2016 * Fixed: User Groups lost when users update own profile * Fixed: Compatibility with WordPress 4.2 – 4.5 * Added: Translation strings * Fixed: Additional sanitization * Fixed: Colorpicker in Edit User Group screen #### 1.2.2 on June 11, 2015 * Fixed: PHP notices * Fixed: When a User Group color wasn’t set, the group would not display in the Users table column * Fixed: Potential security issue with `add_query_arg()` – [learn more](https://blog.sucuri.net/2015/04/security-advisory-xss-vulnerability-affecting-multiple-wordpress-plugins.html)( please update!) #### 1.2.1 * Implemented fix for a few bugs reported on WordPress Codex * Fixed: User Groups with no users are viewable #### 1.1.1 * Fixed minor PHP message [as reported here](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fastcgi-error-2) #### 1.1 * Added bulk editing of user groups #### 1.0 * Liftoff! ## Meta * Version **1.3.1** * Last updated **10 years ago** * Active installations **300+** * WordPress version ** 2.8 or higher ** * Tested up to **4.5.33** * Language * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/user-groups/) * Tags * [groups](https://xho.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/groups/)[user](https://xho.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/user/) [users](https://xho.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/users/) * [Advanced View](https://xho.wordpress.org/plugins/user-groups/advanced/) ## Ratings 4 out of 5 stars. * [ 6 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/user-groups/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 1 4-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/user-groups/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/user-groups/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/user-groups/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 2 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/user-groups/reviews/?filter=1) [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/user-groups/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/user-groups/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ Zack Katz ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/katzwebdesign/) * [ Zack Katz ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/katzwebservices/) ## Support Got something to say? 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