<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

<h2><b>WooCommerce OTP Login and Registration</b></h2>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">Hide your default login form and let customers log in with their mobile phone number through an OTP. This eliminates the need for passwords and usernames, allowing users to log in or register by only using their phone numbers. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">Customers will receive an OTP (one-time password) on their phone numbers to log in or register at the store. WooCommerce 2FA plugin helps you secure your website from brute force attacks and spam login attempts.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">The WooCommerce login before checkout plugin allows you to display a login form at the checkout page to force users to create an account or login before checkout.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">The WooCommerce OTP Login and Registration plugin offers enhanced security for user accounts by implementing two-factor authentication via one-time passwords (OTP). This feature strengthens login and registration processes, reducing the risk of unauthorized access and ensuring customer data remains protected. Additionally, it enhances user experience by streamlining the authentication process without compromising security.</span></p>
<h3><strong>Features List:</strong></h3>
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<li style="font-weight: 400"><span style="font-weight: 400">Enable registration & login with a phone number on your store</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400"><span style="font-weight: 400">Add WooCommerce two-factor authentication to your website.</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400"><span style="font-weight: 400">Verification with OTP</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400"><span style="font-weight: 400">Enable force login authentication before checkout</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400"><span style="font-weight: 400">Option to hide old login form</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400"><span style="font-weight: 400">User information is saved in the WooCommerce users section</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400"><span style="font-weight: 400">Restrict to specific countries</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400"><span style="font-weight: 400">Existing users can log in with a phone number</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400"><span style="font-weight: 400">Customize the color and t</span><span style="font-weight: 400">e</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400"><span style="font-weight: 400">Two Factor Authentication</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400"><span style="font-weight: 400">Mobile responsive</span></li>
<li>Hide checkout form until user login (Classic Checkout only) <strong>NEW</strong></li>
</ul>
<div class="woo-sc-box normal" style="background-color: #beecba">This Plugin is fully compatible with HPOS(High-Performance Order Storage) and Multisite.</div>
<h3><b>Login with Phone Number Using OTP</b></h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">The WooCommerce OTP login plugin allows users to easily log in by using their mobile number. Enter your number and an OTP will be sent to the phone number. Verify the OTP code and log in to the website with just your phone number.</span></p>
<p><img class="aligncenter wp-image-18734002651677 size-full" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Allow-customers-to-login-with-a-phone-number.webp" alt="Login with Phone Number Using OTP" width="855" height="814" /></p>
<h3><b>Allow Customers to Register with a Phone Number</b></h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">Customers can easily register on your store by using the WooCommerce registration with the phone number plugin. After you have verified the OTP, a popup will appear. Click on “Register as New User” and enter the email address for your account.</span></p>
<p><img class="aligncenter wp-image-18734002651678 size-full" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/image4-2.png" alt="Allow Customers to Register with a Phone Number" width="701" height="389" /></p>
<h3><b>Existing Users can Log In Using Mobile Phone Number</b></h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">The WooCommerce Login with Mobile plugin allows previously registered users to link email addresses with phone numbers. This makes it easy for existing users to log in using phone numbers. Once OTP is verified, a popup will appear. Click on the “Link Phone to Existing Account” and enter details.</span></p>
<p><img class="aligncenter wp-image-18734002651679 size-full" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/image3-1.png" alt="Existing Users can Log In Using Mobile Phone Number" width="634" height="416" /></p>
<h3><b>Hide the Default Login Form</b></h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">WooCommerce login with mobile number plugin enables admin to hide their old login form on the login page, giving customers only a mobile login/registration option.</span></p>
<p><img class="aligncenter wp-image-18734002651680 size-full" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/image7-2.png" alt="Hide the Default Login Form" width="778" height="336" /></p>
<h3><b>User Information Saved in Users Section</b></h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">Once the customer has entered their mobile number, the WooCommerce OTP login plugin saves the login credentials in the user’s section. This saves time for the customer when they attempt to log in the next time.</span></p>
<p><img class="aligncenter wp-image-18734002651681 size-full" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/image1.png" alt="User Information Saved in Users Section" width="747" height="417" /></p>
<h3><b>Customize the color & text of the phone login button</b></h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">To improve the user experience you can also customize the color and text of the mobile login button according to your website theme and personal preferences.</span></p>
<p><img class="aligncenter wp-image-18734002651682 size-full" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/image5-1.png" alt="Customize the color & text of the phone login button" width="739" height="330" /></p>
<h3><b>Restrict to Specific Countries</b></h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">WooCommerce OTP plugin empowers you to restrict the login with phone number functionality to specific countries depending on your location and intended audience.</span></p>
<p><img class="aligncenter wp-image-18734002651683 size-full" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/image6-1.png" alt="Restrict to Specific Countries" width="834" height="343" /></p>
<h3><b>Choose from Three SMS Gateways</b></h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">Store owners can choose between three leading SMS gateway services Firebase, Twilio, and MSG91. You can choose the right service that suits your customer base and geographical location.</span></p>
<p><img class="aligncenter wp-image-18734003433938 size-full" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2024-03-20_13-04-37-1.png" alt="Choose from Three SMS Gateways" width="681" height="138" /></p>
<h3><b>Enable force login before checkout</b></h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">The WooCommerce login before checkout forces users to log in before they checkout. The plugin automatically fetches all the customer information when they log in from the checkout page.</span></p>
<p><img class="aligncenter wp-image-18734002651685 size-full" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/image2-2.png" alt="Enable force login before checkout" width="781" height="614" /></p>
<h3><b>Mobile responsive</b></h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">Being mobile responsive, this extension offers a seamless mobile-ready experience to the customer with a faster response rate and more secure login. Customers can access their accounts with just a few taps.</span></p>
<h3><b>Benefits of Using the WooCommerce OTP Plugin</b></h3>
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400"><span style="font-weight: 400">Easy & fast user registration for customers</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400"><span style="font-weight: 400">Users can register and log in directly with their phone numbers</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400"><span style="font-weight: 400">Avoids spam user registration on your website</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400"><span style="font-weight: 400">Saves customers time</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400"><span style="font-weight: 400">Users can log in without remembering their user ID and Password</span></li>
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<h2>Compatibility</h2>
<p>Our plugins are designed to be highly versatile and also compatible with the most commonly used themes, browsers, builders, and mobile views. We understand the importance of flexibility and integration when it comes to enhancing your website’s functionality. Our plugins can effortlessly integrate with the following:</p>
<h3>Themes Compatibility</h3>
<ul>
<li>Store Front</li>
<li>Avada</li>
<li>Flatsome</li>
<li>Porto</li>
<li>Woodmart</li>
<li>WooCommerce default theme</li>
<li>Divi</li>
</ul>
<h3>Builders</h3>
<ul>
<li>Bakery</li>
</ul>
<h3>Also Compatible with</h3>
<ul>
<li>Multi-Site</li>
<li>PHP 8</li>
<li>Mobile Layouts</li>
</ul>
<h3><strong>How to Get Started</strong></h3>
<ol>
<li>Purchase <strong>Registration & Login with Mobile Phone Number</strong> from WooCommerce.com.</li>
<li>Download and install the extension.</li>
<li>Activate the extension.</li>
<li>Go to the <strong>WooCommerce > Settings> Login with phone</strong> tab to enable and configure the settings.</li>
<li>Read the full installation guide <a href="https://woocommerce.com/document//registration-login-with-mobile-phone-number/">here</a>.</li>
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<h3>Requirements</h3>
<p>Minimum PHP version: 5.2</p>
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<h2>Documentation</h2>
<p>Looking for assistance? Check out the extensive documentation for a complete understanding of the WooCommerce OTP Login plugin.</p>
<h4><a href="https://woocommerce.com/document/registration-login-with-mobile-phone-number/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">View documentation</a></h4>
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<h2>Questions and Support</h2>
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Registration & Login with Mobile Phone Number

<p>Enable WooCommerce 2FA by allowing users to log in and register with a mobile phone number with an OTP (One Time Password). Provide your customers with an easy and secure login method with the WooCommerce registration with the phone number plugin.</p>

Groups vs Registration & Login with Mobile Phone Number