by itthinx 4.8 (382 reviews)

Groups – Memberships and Access Control

Name: Groups – Memberships and Access Control
Rating: 4.8 (382 reviews)
Author: itthinx

Turn your site into a powerful membership solution. Manage members, teams and access to content easily.

Groups ranks #1,743 among WordPress.org plugins with 10,000+ active installations, is #64 of 2,881 in the Discussion & Community category, a 4.8/5 rating from 382 reviews, and was last updated Sep 15, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Compatible with WP 7.1

v4.7.1 Current Version v4.7.1

Updated 2 days ago Last Update on 15 Sep, 2026

Refreshed 16 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#64 of 2,881 in Discussion & Community Top 5% by installs Downloads +303.4% this week Actively maintained

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Source: WPVulnerability

4 known vulnerabilities on record · 2 in the last 24 months · checked 1 week ago

Feb 18, 2026

Groups – Memberships and Access Control [groups] < 3.11.0

CVE-2026-0549 · Fixed in v3.11.0
Nov 7, 2025

Groups – Memberships and Access Control [groups] < 3.8.0

CVE-2025-11748 · Fixed in v3.8.0
Aug 1, 2014

Groups – Memberships and Access Control [groups] < 1.4.6

Fixed in v1.4.6
Groups – Memberships and Access Control [groups] < 1.4.6

Fixed in v1.4.6

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Plugin Details

Version: 4.7.1
Last Updated: Sep 15, 2026
Requires WP: 6.7+
Tested Up To: 7.1
PHP Version: 7.4 or higher
Author: itthinx

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Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.8
Reviews: 382
Support Threads: 1
Resolved: 100%

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress site owners who need to organize users into groups and restrict access to content or actions. It solves the problem of controlling who can view specific posts, pages, and products, and what capabilities different users have, based on group membership.

Unlimited user groups
Automatic Registered group
Group hierarchy with capability inheritance
Custom capabilities support
Restrict access by post type
WooCommerce product access control
Content shortcodes and blocks
Multisite support

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Groups – Memberships and Access Control

The official documentation is located at the Groups Documentation pages.

Official extensions are distributed exclusively via the WooCommerce Marketplace and Extensions for Groups.

The success of Groups and its continued development depends on your support. There are several ways in which you can help fund the project: Purchase an official Extension for Groups Purchase an extension on the WooCommerce Marketplace Contribute to the Bitcoin address bc1q7klf9ge8gvtl4h4qlh6c73tgk0cdehfv5vcq0g - sats received are used to fund developers who help to maintain and develop Groups

You can sell memberships with Groups for WooCommerce, the best Group Membership and Access Control solution for WordPress and WooCommerce. It also supports WooCommerce Subscriptions.

For questions directly related to Groups, you can leave a comment at the Groups Plugin page.

Let's assume you want members of the Premium group to be able to view some restricted posts. If you want to create a new protected post, simply go to Posts > Add New as usual and in the Groups box input Premium in the Read field. Save or publish your post. If you want to protect an existing post you can simply edit it, input Premium in the Read field of the Groups box and update the post. In both cases, it doesn't matter if the Premium group already exists or not, if it doesn't, it will be created automatically. If the Premium group already exists and you want to protect one or more existing posts in bulk, go to Posts, select all posts you want to protect and choose Edit in the Bulk Actions dropdown. Now click Apply, select the Premium group and click Update. After you publish or update your posts, only members of the Premium group will be able to see them.

Example: Advanced and Premium members Go to Groups > Groups > New Group and add two new groups, let's call them Advanced and Premium - select Advanced as the Parent for the Premium group. Now create an example post that only members of the Advanced group should be able to access and choose the Advanced group in the Read field of the Groups box. Create another post for members of the Premium group and choose the Premium group for that post. Assign test users to both groups, log in as each user in turn and see which posts will be accessible.

Example: Green and Red members Go to Groups > Groups > New Group and add two new groups, let's call them Green Members and Red Members Now create an example post that only members of the Green Members group should be able to see and choose the Green Members group in the Groups box. Create another post for Red Members and choose the Red Members group for that post. Assign a test user to each of the groups, log in as one of them and you will see that the member of the Green Members group will only have access to the post protected by that group but not to the post protected with the Red Members group and vice-versa.

Yes. Access restrictions can be turned on or off for specific CPTs on the Groups > Options page.

Go to Groups > Options and enable the option under User profiles.