Title: BuddyPress Restrict Group Creation Author: Venutius Published: March 8, 2010 Last modified: July 20, 2024 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/buddypress-restrict-group-creation/assets/banner-772x250.jpg? rev=2000218) 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/buddypress-restrict-group-creation/assets/icon-256x256.png? rev=2000218) # BuddyPress Restrict Group Creation By [Venutius](https://profiles.wordpress.org/venutius/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/buddypress-restrict-group-creation.1.2.0.zip) * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/buddypress-restrict-group-creation/#description) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/buddypress-restrict-group-creation/#reviews) * [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/buddypress-restrict-group-creation/#installation) * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/buddypress-restrict-group-creation/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/buddypress-restrict-group-creation/) ## Description 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. #### 1.1.2 * 17/02/2021 * Fix: Corrected translation file load. #### 1.1.1 * 11/04/2019 * New: Added French translation, thanks to Bruno Verrier. #### 1.1.0 * 25/032019 * New: Added restriction for group memberships. #### 1.0.0 * 16/11/2018 * Moved settings page to options-general * Corrected numerous errors from deprecated syntax. ## Screenshots [[ ## Installation 1. Upload the full directory into your wp-content/plugins directory 2. Activate the plugin at the plugin administration page 3. Open the plugin configuration page, which is located under BuddyPress and map the wp-capabilities to overall group creation, forum option, and group status level. ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/e1097aded35cb30b1a506b2f54965e2e8651f6b922761b768e1aab24b1e58f76? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Very useful plugin!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/very-useful-plugin-824/)󠁿 [Georgio](https://profiles.wordpress.org/georgio-1/) July 23, 2019 Thanks @venutius for this useful plugin. If you can add role support it can become better, because we could use it with Paid Membership Pro. That plugin has an addon“ PMPRO roles” and creates its own roles. Any way I give it 5 stars, because it does what it says. [ Read all 2 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/buddypress-restrict-group-creation/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “BuddyPress Restrict Group Creation” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Venutius ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/venutius/) * [ rich! @ etiviti ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/nuprn1/) * [ rich ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/etivite/) [Translate “BuddyPress Restrict Group Creation” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/buddypress-restrict-group-creation) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/buddypress-restrict-group-creation/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/buddypress-restrict-group-creation/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/buddypress-restrict-group-creation/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/buddypress-restrict-group-creation/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Meta * Version **1.2.0** * Last updated **2 years ago** * Active installations **40+** * Tested up to **6.6.5** * Tags * [buddypress](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/buddypress/)[group](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/group/) [groups](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/groups/) * [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/buddypress-restrict-group-creation/advanced/) ## Ratings 5 out of 5 stars. * [ 2 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/buddypress-restrict-group-creation/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 0 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/buddypress-restrict-group-creation/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/buddypress-restrict-group-creation/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/buddypress-restrict-group-creation/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 0 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/buddypress-restrict-group-creation/reviews/?filter=1) [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/buddypress-restrict-group-creation/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/buddypress-restrict-group-creation/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ Venutius ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/venutius/) * [ rich! @ etiviti ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/nuprn1/) * [ rich ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/etivite/) ## Support Got something to say? 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