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BuddyPress Restrict Group Creation

Extend restricting group creation with mappings to WordPress Capabilities and various thresholds

By Venutius·Group·Free
5(2 reviews)
·50 active installs·Updated 1 year ago
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As of April 2026, BuddyPress Restrict Group Creation is a WordPress group plugin with 50 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 2 reviews. It has been downloaded 16K+ times in total. Requires WordPress false+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2010. Last updated 1 year ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: BuddyPress.

5/52 reviews
50active installs
16K+total downloads
16 yearssince 2010

Overview

This plugin extends the default “Restrict group creation to Site Admins?” settings within BuddyPress. Rules for restricting group creation can be attached to each wp capability giving multiple levels of control. The rules are made up of member thresholds: forum posts, friends, status updates, days since registered, total groups created, total group admin memberships, total group memberships and total group mod memberships; Also supports the third-party plugin: achievements. S for example you can restrict group creation to members who have more than 10 friends etc.

This plugin was originally created by Rich @ etivite, and has been updated to run on the latest version of WordPress by Venutius.

1.2.0

  • 20/07/2024

  • Fixed for depricated functions

  • Entire plugin now translateable.
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Ratings & Reviews

52 reviews
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2 ★
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1 ★
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Compatibility

WordPressfalse+ requiredTested up to 6.6.5
PHPfalse+ required

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Contributors

rich! @ etivitirich! @ etivitirichrichVenutiusVenutius
Plugin Info
Version
1.2.0
Last Updated
Jul 20, 2024
WP Requires
false+
Tested Up To
6.6.5
PHP Requires
false+
Active Installs
50
Downloads
16K+
Added
Mar 8, 2010
Business
Free

Tags

groupgroupsbuddypressgroup creationrestrict groups

Developer

V
Venutius
21 plugins0.0M+ total installs
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