Title: Registered Group
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Registered Group

 *  Resolved [Sam](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sammazza/)
 * (@sammazza)
 * [12 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/registered-group/)
 * I am not sure this questions belongs here. But it seems that the default Group
   for a visitor on a site (even one that has not logged in) is Registered. Is that
   how it is supposed to be? if so, how do I distinguish between a logged in and
   not logged in visitor?
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 *  Plugin Author [itthinx](https://wordpress.org/support/users/itthinx/)
 * (@itthinx)
 * [12 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/registered-group/#post-4421380)
 * The Registered group is the default group to which users (i.e. those with an 
   account on the site) belong. Plain visitors (not logged in) do not belong to 
   that group.
 * The answer to your question depends on what you want to do with that information.
   If it’s displaying content to someone who is logged in while the same content
   should be hidden from a normal visitor, then you could use:
 *     ```
       [groups_member group="Registered"]
       Only registered users can see this.
       [/groups_member]
       ```
   
 * Read more here: [http://www.itthinx.com/documentation/groups/shortcodes/](http://www.itthinx.com/documentation/groups/shortcodes/)
 *  Thread Starter [Sam](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sammazza/)
 * (@sammazza)
 * [12 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/registered-group/#post-4421417)
 * Thank you for the quick answer. The issue is that with wooCommerce, if I use 
   a Group attribute to made some decisions, the visitor who is not signed on on
   is not listed in Users. Maybe there should be a Guest value to users who make
   a purchase in Groups?
 * I am not sure how the User and Group functionality interact but it seems that
   it might be useful to have a Group value attributed to Guests.
 *  [kokocipher](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kokocipher/)
 * (@kokocipher)
 * [12 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/registered-group/#post-4421421)
 * is there a way to add a group for guests?
 *  Plugin Author [itthinx](https://wordpress.org/support/users/itthinx/)
 * (@itthinx)
 * [12 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/registered-group/#post-4421473)
 * Within Groups’ context, it wouldn’t make sense to have a group for guests.
 * One approach to show something for guests would be the exclusion equivalent of
   the short code mentioned before:
 *     ```
       [groups_non_member group="Registered"]
       Only those who don't belong to the Registered group can see this.
       [/groups_non_member]
       ```
   
 * And of course you can also use a dedicated shortcode like shown [here](http://en.bainternet.info/2012/show-content-to-user-or-guest-only).
 *  [uglyfrog10](https://wordpress.org/support/users/uglyfrog10/)
 * (@uglyfrog10)
 * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/registered-group/#post-4421529)
 * I’m using groups to set product pages to visible/hidden. The default is to hide
   the product unless a group is specified for that product. So the issue is, I 
   want people not logged in to also see products, so I need a group for that. To
   create a group, I need a role to assign to the group. So I’m looking for an anonymous
   role or something that I can assign to a group that includes users not logged
   in.
 * Any suggestions?
 *  [uglyfrog10](https://wordpress.org/support/users/uglyfrog10/)
 * (@uglyfrog10)
 * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/registered-group/#post-4421530)
 * FYI, I just created a new topic for my question since this topic was resolved
   already. [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/add-anonymous-user-not-logged-in-to-group?replies=1](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/add-anonymous-user-not-logged-in-to-group?replies=1)

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