Plugin Review – BP Create Group Type

Plugin Review – BP Create Group Type

https://wordpress.org/plugins/bp-create-group-type/

Version Tested: V 1.0.5

BP Create Group Type is a BuddyPress plugin that uses the new Group Types feature in order to create a range of admin defined group types for selection by the group creator. Once selected the group type is displayed in the group cover area of the groups pages.

Say for example you run a site aimed at people involved with sports and you want to add groups for differing football teams. With this plugin you could set up a group type of “Football” which would help members understand the nature of the group.

Installation is a case of installing and activating the plugin. Following activation the plugin adds a new Dashboard>>Groups>>Group Types page where admin can configure the group types that they want to have available on their site.

Once the group types have been setup then these can be set either at group creation or by going to Group>>Manage>>Settings where the group type can be chosen.

Once a group has been assigned a group type, this will be displayed in the group cover area, clicking on this will reveal a list of all groups of that type on the site.

At the time of writing there was a small bug where the character “s” was being added to the group type name as displayed at the front end.

I really like this plugin, it adds a new dimension to BuddyPress Groups, I think one future ask would be to add a group type drop down to the Groups page search bar so that a list of all groups for all group types could be displayed would be useful. Other than that this plugin seems to add all you need to get your groups better organised with types. 9 out of 10.

My Star Rating

Other Peoples Reviews

neutronstudios

Simple and amazing

I've been using to implement some advanced profiles in my website and it comes at handy

June 11, 2020

etatus

Nice plugin!

It provides a feature that is a must in Buddypress. I'd give 5 stars if the plugin let choose the group type in Details tab instead Settings tab.

April 20, 2020

sielwolf

great plugin

works perfectly and very usefull !

April 18, 2020

sophiejo

Fantastic plugin

Hello [...]I want to thank you for developing this amazing and much needed plugin. You just managed to elevate buddypress group's ability to a whole new level. I recommend to all who are using buddypress groups, to use this plugin.It works like a charm and it is effortless. Just know your structure (what types you have in mind), the rest is plug and play. Again, thank you. Be safe. Read more »

April 8, 2020

merzakabderrahim

working like a charm

Not working; seems interesting.

October 25, 2019

elisawilson

Great functionality for groups in social media site

Great functionality for groups in social media site

July 30, 2019

3ring

Doesn't work, terrible support.

Had several issues with this plugin and got rude responses when I issued a ticket for support. They did nothing to try to help fix the issues with this plugin.

May 24, 2019

daveywood

Non-functional

Cannot create group type from back end. Has potential though.

May 15, 2019

halloy

Good !

Work fine !

April 6, 2019

schoolforall

Simple Group Category a lot Can be done with it

I liked it along with others

April 2, 2018