<h3>What is Groups?</h3>
<p>The Groups plugin for WordPress is an essential tool that helps you organize users on your website. Think of it like sorting people into different clubs or teams, where each club has its own set of rules about who can access and do what.</p>
<h3>Why use it?</h3>
<p>This plugin is very useful if you want to control who can see certain content or perform specific actions on your website. It helps you to keep some parts of your website exclusive to specific groups or to give special rights to some users.</p>
<p>Groups works great with WooCommerce, so you can make some products only available to members of certain groups.</p>
<h3>What it Does</h3>
<p>It allows you to create groups, assign users to these groups, and set permissions for what each group can do or see on your site.</p>
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<h3>Ease of Use</h3>
<p>The Groups plugin works within the familiar WordPress Dashboard, so you do not need to learn something completely new. Clean views and clear functions make it quick and easy to work with.</p>
<h3>Control Content</h3>
<p>You can make parts of your website visible to members of specific groups only, which is great for managing exclusive areas and products. You can protect whole pages, products and other types of content. You can also protect sections within pages.</p>
<h3>Control Permissions</h3>
<p>Define what actions users in particular groups can perform, based on standard WordPress capabilities and custom capabilities provided by plugins.</p>
<h3>In a Nutshell</h3>
<p>The Groups plugin makes managing your WordPress site easier, especially if you need to control who can do what or see what. It is designed to be easy to use, reducing the complexity of user management and content access.</p>
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<h3>Key Features</h3>
<h4>Membership Management</h4>
<p>You can put users into different groups, similar to assigning them to different classes or teams.</p>
<h4>Content Access Control</h4>
<p>You can decide that only specific groups can see certain content, posts, pages or products. If you are not in the right group, you will not see that protected content.</p>
<h4>Capabilities</h4>
<p>You can assign special rights to users based on which group they are a member of.</p>
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<h3>Comprehensive Features</h3>
<p>Groups is powerful and effective, yet simple and easy to use. While its flexibility covers a wide range of functions, some of the most commonly used aspects include:</p>
<h4>User groups</h4>
<ul>
<li>Supports an unlimited number of groups</li>
<li>Provides a Registered group which is automatically maintained</li>
<li>Users can be assigned to any group</li>
<li>Users are added automatically to the Registered group</li>
</ul>
<h4>Groups hierarchy</h4>
<ul>
<li>Supports group hierarchies with capability inheritance</li>
</ul>
<h4>Group capabilities</h4>
<ul>
<li>Integrates standard WordPress capabilities which can be assigned to groups and users</li>
<li>Supports custom capabilities: allows to define new capabilities for usage in plugins and web applications</li>
<li>Users inherit capabilities of the groups they belong to</li>
<li>Groups inherit capabilities of their parent groups</li>
</ul>
<h4>Access control</h4>
<p>Access to pages (posts, pages, products and other post types) can be restricted by group.</p>
<p>If access to a page is restricted to one or more groups, only users who belong to one of those groups may view it.</p>
<p>Fully supports custom post types, so that access to post types such as products or events can easily be restricted.</p>
<ul>
<li>Built-in access control that allows to restrict access to whole pages to specific groups only.</li>
<li>Blocks: The <em>Groups Member</em> block allows to restrict the visibility of its content to members of selected groups. The <em>Groups Non-Member</em> block hides its content from members of chosen groups. The blocks can be nested to provide multiple layers of access control to content.</li>
<li>Shortcodes allow to control who can access sections of content on pages, show parts to members of certain groups or to those who are not members. Shortcodes can also be used to show content for users based on their capabilities.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Easy user interface</h4>
<ul>
<li>Integrates nicely with the standard WordPress Users menu</li>
<li>Provides an intuitive Groups menu</li>
<li>Conceptually clean views showing the essentials</li>
<li>Quick filters to locate groups, capabilities, users and pages</li>
<li>Bulk-actions where needed, apply capabilities to groups, add users to groups, remove users from groups, protect pages in bulk</li>
</ul>
<h4>Sensible options</h4>
<ul>
<li>Enable access restrictions by custom post type</li>
<li>An optional tree view for groups can be shown when desired</li>
<li>Provides its own set of permissions</li>
<li>Administrator overrides for tests</li>
<li>Cleans up after testing with a “delete all plugin data” option</li>
</ul>
<h4>Framework</h4>
<ul>
<li>Groups is designed based on a solid and sound data-model with a complete API that allows developers to create group-oriented web applications and plugins</li>
</ul>
<h4>Multisite</h4>
<ul>
<li>All features are supported independently for each blog in multisite installations</li>
</ul>
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<h3>Extensions</h3>
<p>You can add more features with official extensions that further integrate Groups and WooCommerce. Among the extensions in the WooCommerce Marketplace we recommend:</p>
<h4><a href="https://woocommerce.com/products/groups-woocommerce/">Groups Integration</a></h4>
<p>Sell Memberships with Groups and WooCommerce. Grants memberships based on products. It automatically assigns a customer to one or more groups based on the products ordered.</p>
<h4><a href="https://woocommerce.com/products/group-coupons/">Group Coupons</a></h4>
<p>Automatically apply and restrict coupon validity for user groups. Offer exclusive, automatic and targeted discounts for your customers.</p>
<h4><a href="https://woocommerce.com/products/woocommerce-product-search/">WooCommerce Product Search</a></h4>
<p>The perfect Search Engine helps customers to find and buy products quickly – essential for every WooCommerce store. Supports performance features based on group memberships.</p>
<h4><a href="https://woocommerce.com/products/restrict-payment-methods/">Restrict Payment Methods</a></h4>
<p>Limit the use of Payment Methods by Group Memberships, Roles, Countries, and Order Amounts.</p>
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Groups

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<h2><strong>Highlights</strong></h2>
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<li><strong>Make My Account page more usable, modern, & appealing </strong></li>
<li><strong>Add sections suited to your business and audience</strong></li>
<li><strong>Promote products and showcase promotions</strong></li>
<li><strong>Add role-specific endpoints to offer role-specific promotions</strong></li>
<li><strong>Collect useful customer information for better decision-making</strong></li>
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<h2 style="text-align: center">Transform My-Account Experience</h2>
<p>My Account page is one of the most frequently visited yet neglected parts of your online store since it contains very limited content. Adding more content serves as an opportunity to increase customer engagement, build stronger connections, and offer a convenient user experience.</p>
<p>With WooCommerce my account page editor you can add more content and customize the My Account section of your site. Create multiple endpoints and customize the layout to make it more appealing. Adding more content to endpoints allows you to promote sales, deals, guides, digital downloads, customer information, and more.</p>
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<h3>Better User Experience</h3>
<p>Show a detailed dashboard and add custom endpoints to provide maximum information to customers without leaving the My Account section.</p>
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<h3>Streamlined Navigation</h3>
<p>Creating multiple endpoints and grouped endpoints improves navigation, making it easier for users to find relevant information quickly</p>
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<h3>Increased Engagement</h3>
<p>Showcase your latest product releases and promotions to increase customer engagement from my account section of your customers.</p>
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<h3>Detailed Dashboard</h3>
<p>Provide your customers with information such as order history, wishlist products, downloads, reward points, etc. In addition to this, you can allow customers to upload custom avatars and profile pictures.</p>
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<p><strong>Visual Appeal</strong></p>
<p>Customizing the layout and design of the My Account page enhances its visual appeal, making it more engaging and user-friendly.</p>
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<h3><strong>Convenience</strong></h3>
<p>Easy access to account information, order history, and account management tools enhances user convenience.</p>
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<h3>Highly Customizable</h3>
<p>From dashboard layout to sorting the order of endpoints, this extension provides extensive customization options, making it a perfect fit for your store.</p>
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<h3><strong>Content Expansion</strong></h3>
<p>Adding more content to endpoints allows for the promotion of sales, deals, guides, digital downloads, and other valuable resources, enriching the user experience.</p>
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<h3><strong>Layout Customization</strong></h3>
<p>Customizing the layout of the My Account page enables businesses to create a unique and branded experience for their customers.</p>
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<h3><strong>Dashboard Customization</strong></h3>
<p>Displaying a dashboard with detailed customer information, including order status, account details, and personalized recommendations, enhances usability and engagement.</p>
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<h3><strong>Branding Opportunities</strong></h3>
<p>Customizing with your brand colors, logo, and messaging reinforces brand identity and fosters brand recognition among users.</p>
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<h3>Translation Ready</h3>
<p>WPML support ensures ease of usage for users from all around the world.</p>
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<h2><strong>Features:</strong></h2>
<ul>
<li>New and Improved UI (<strong>New</strong>)</li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400">Customize My Account Page and add more content </span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400"><span style="font-weight: 400">Create and edit multiple endpoints</span></li>
<li>Add links, pages, or content using our WYSIWYG editor.</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400"><span style="font-weight: 400">Edit or remove default endpoints</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400"><span style="font-weight: 400">Choose from various endpoint types: </span>
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400"><span style="font-weight: 400">Simple</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400"><span style="font-weight: 400">Page</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400"><span style="font-weight: 400">Link </span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400"><span style="font-weight: 400">Grouped</span></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400"><span style="font-weight: 400">Drag & drop to change endpoint order</span></li>
<li>Customize endpoints slug</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400"><span style="font-weight: 400">Create user role-specific endpoints</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400"><span style="font-weight: 400">Customize My Account page layout and color schemes</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400"><span style="font-weight: 400">Allow customers to add a profile picture </span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400"><span style="font-weight: 400">Display a user dashboard with information of your choice (<strong>New</strong>)</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400"><span style="font-weight: 400">Insert account and affiliate links to the My Account page (<strong>New</strong>)</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400"><span style="font-weight: 400">Adjust dashboard layout and visuals through custom CSS (<strong>New</strong>)</span></li>
</ul>
<h2><strong>Add links or content using our WYSIWYG editor</strong></h2>
<p>With WooCommerce My Account Page editor, you can add multiple types of endpoints to display your information as you see fit. You can add links to different internal or external URLs and add products, categories, pages, or content using our WYSIWYG editor. While creating new endpoints you can:</p>
<ul>
<li>Customize endpoint menu title</li>
<li>Enter custom endpoint slug</li>
<li>Choose from available endpoint icons</li>
<li>Restrict endpoint by user roles</li>
<li>Choose endpoint type
<ul>
<li>Single (A simple endpoint created using editor)</li>
<li>Page (Endpoint linking to a page)</li>
<li>Link (Endpoint with an external or internal link to any URL)</li>
<li>Group (Make this as group and link the existing endpoints to it)</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Add endpoint content using editor</li>
</ul>
<p><img class="alignnone wp-image-18734004047784 size-full" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/my-account-custom-content.png" alt="my account page customizer for woocommerce" width="1400" height="696" /></p>
<h2><strong>Grouped endpoint<br />
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<p>The group feature enables you to add similar items to the my account page menu and keep it tidily displayed under one menu heading. Along with the new items, you can also group the default my account tabs.</p>
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<p><img class="alignnone wp-image-18734004047788 size-full" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/grouped-endpoinsts-my-account-woocommerce.gif" alt="my account page customizer for woocommerce" width="841" height="694" /></p>
<h2><span style="font-weight: 400">Edit & Sort New & Default Endpoints </span></h2>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">With an easy-to-use drag-and-drop reorder feature, you can adjust the sorting of the new and default endpoints as you like. Display the default and custom endpoints in the desired sequences and highlight the important endpoints by placing them above.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">Each endpoint can be edited and viewed from a log, and you can hide unwanted endpoints to ensure only relevant content is displayed. </span></p>
<p><img class="alignnone wp-image-18734004047795 size-full" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/sort-and-order-endpoints-my-account-woocommerce.png" alt="my account page customizer for woocommerce" width="706" height="1062" /></p>
<h2><span style="font-weight: 400">Create User Role Specific Endpoints </span></h2>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">You can create endpoints specific to desired user roles. This allows you to target the right audience and display appropriate content. As you create endpoints, you can display each to different audiences, ensuring maximum effectiveness. </span></p>
<p><img class="alignnone wp-image-18734004047819 size-full" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/role-specific-endpoints-my-account-for-woocommerce.png" alt="my account page customizer for woocommerce" width="2250" height="1867" /></p>
<h2><span style="font-weight: 400">Choose from Multiple Layout & Customization Options </span></h2>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">With the WooCommerce My Account Page design plugin, you can control the layout and design of the My Account Page by selecting from various customization options.</span> <span style="font-weight: 400">You can choose from the following endpoint themes: </span></p>
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400"><b>Theme Style: </b><span style="font-weight: 400">Default layout </span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400"><b>Sidebar Left Menu: </b><span style="font-weight: 400">Endpoints displayed on the left side </span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400"><b>Sidebar Right Menu: </b><span style="font-weight: 400">Endpoints on the right, and content on the left </span></li>
<li><strong>Top Tabs</strong>: Endpoints at the top and content displayed below</li>
</ul>
<p><img class="alignnone wp-image-18734004047838 size-full" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/layout-options-my-account-woocommerce.png" alt="my account page customizer for woocommerce" width="776" height="308" /></p>
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<h2><strong>Allow Customers to Upload Custom Avatar</strong></h2>
<p>Enabling the custom avatar option allows customers to upload a photo of their choice. This increases customer engagement and helps users connect with your site.<strong><br />
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<h2><strong>Hide default endpoints</strong></h2>
<p>My Account Page Editor is a powerful extension that enables you to not only add new menu items but also to hide standard WooCommerce My Account page tabs.</p>
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<h2><span style="font-weight: 400">Add Redirect Links to My Account Page</span></h2>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">You can add Account and Affiliate links to the My Account page with a few clicks. Choose the name, link, and icon class, and add multiple links as you wish. The Account links are helpful when you want to add a link to an endpoint on the user dashboard. If you wish to showcase your affiliate program, you can also add the affiliate links here.</span></p>
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<h3>Requirements</h3>
<p>Minimum PHP version: 5.6</p>

My Account Page Editor

<p>Customize your customers’ my account page to include additional important information. Add custom endpoints and edit/remove default endpoints.</p>

Groups vs My Account Page Editor