Plugin Review – BP Auto Group Join

https://wordpress.org/plugins/bp-auto-group-join/

Version Tested – V 1.0.1

BP Auto Group Join is a plugin which allows site admin to configure groups which all existing site members and/or all new registrations will be automatically joined to. The plugin creates in the Dashboard>>Groups>>GroupName view additional options: to auto-join all new registrants, and to auto-join all existing members.

Installation is quick and simple, once you have installed and activated the plugin the options become automatically available within the Dashboard Group pages, from there you simply need to check the relevant box and click on save and the auto-join process is implemented.

Although there is a settings page, you would only ever need to go there if you bought the premium add on plugin BuddyPress Member Types, which allows you to set up specific members types which would enable a fine tuning of who is auto-joined. For example site editors could be auto joined into one group and site contributors auto joined into another.

I found BP Auto Join very useful as on a number of my sites I have shared galleries where you need to be a member of a group in order to upload images there, I’m sure many other BuddyPress sites have similar requirements.

There’s a useful short video explaining how it works:

Note: the version of this plugin available in the repository currently has a problem in that if it is used to add members to groups at registration it throws a string of errors at the newly joining member after the registration form has been completed. A fixed version of the plugin is available here. The plugin developers will be updating the repository version soon.

I give this plugin 9 out of 10, it’s simple to use and effective, well done to BuddyBoss, the plugin developers.

My Star Rating

Other Peoples Reviews

Bigue Nique (biguenique)

Not compatible with BuddyBoss Platform

This is an essential functionality for a community, and it's nice to have a free plugin for this. [...] But the plugin is not compatible with BuddyBoss Platform (a BuddyPress fork by BuddyBoss). When activated with BuddyBoss Platform (BuddyX free theme), everything seems to work as expected in the back-end, but the plugins causes a critical error on group pages on the front-end. Also, the member type functionality, which supports BP Member Types, is not compatible with member types as native to the BuddyBoss Platform. Overall, I find this plugin is pretty useful and functional, but it doesn't play along well with a BuddyBoss fork, BuddyBoss Platform. I would have put 5 stars anyways if this plugin was not published by BuddyBoss themselves, the creators of the BuddyBoss Platform. Please make this work with your very own BP fork! Read more »

May 11, 2021

Airat Halitovð¥ (airathalitov)

Very helpful plugin for BuddyPress site!

I like this plugin. Simple and helpful!

February 1, 2018

Webprom Design (webprom)

very important plugin, but has errors and breaking other plugins

I found that it breaks MailPoet famous plugin. Still it seems to work with BP. Developers must fix errors.

September 3, 2016

Varun Dubey (vapvarun)

Great for developers

It works great with Member Type

September 3, 2016

Zarko Dencic (zarkod)

works as expected

works as expected...

September 3, 2016

Paresh Radadiya (pareshradadiya)

Works great

Seems useful for almost any BuddyPress site

September 3, 2016