Groups – Memberships and Access Control

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1. ★★★★★ nemanja.radevic

   1mo ago

   works out of the box with woo memberships and all, is great plugin and simple easy to use!

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2. ★★★★★ ninjaneen

   7mo ago

   I’ve been using this plugin for a number of years on our documentation website. I create documentation for all of my clients in one single website, and then I restrict access to the pages so that each client can only see the pages they’re supposed to see. I love the simplicity. Thank you so much 🙂

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3. ★★★★★ kahana

   10mo ago

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4. ★★★★★ mchilson

   10mo ago

   I needed a simple solution for member only pages and this plug-in works great!

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5. ★★★★★ awesomekatherine

   10mo ago

   Had to build a seperate login area for client to access important documents. Used Groups to set up a group of users who could access these documents. Plugin was easy to use, and functions beautifully.

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6. ★★★★★ alexsanetra

   1.0y ago

   Quite a nice plugin

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7. ★★★★★ Salty

   1.1y ago

   Sehr gut

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8. ★★★★★ jrmatson

   1.2y ago

   Just what I needed

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2 disclosed vulnerabilities on record for this plugin, all fixed in the current version. Sites on older versions stay exposed until they update.

1. Medium · 6.4 Groups <= 3.10.0 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'groups_group_info' Shortcode ↗
   2026-02-18 CVE-2026-0549 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 3.10.0 Patched in 3.11.0
2. Medium · 4.3 Groups <= 3.7.0 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Insecure Direct Object Reference to Arbitrary Group Join ↗
   2025-11-07 CVE-2025-11748 Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key Affects <= 3.7.0 Patched in 3.8.0

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0

Translated into 68 languages, 1 at 90% or more

Plus 44 more locales with partial translations.

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2024-01-27 20K+ → 10K+ down

Competes with

The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).

• S Simple Membership Form Shortcode 2K+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags B
• SimpleShop 1K+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags B
• Groups 404 Redirect 1K+ installs · 4.2★ · 3 shared tags B
• MyASP MemberShip 100+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags C
• Ultimate Member – User Profile, Registration, Login, Member Directory, Content Restriction & Membership Plugin 200K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags A
• Content Control – The Ultimate Content Restriction Plugin! Restrict Content, Create Conditional Blocks & More 40K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags B

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Groups – Memberships and Access Control: 10K+ active installs, 4.8★ (382 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-28. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/groups