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Wix Groups: Adding and Managing Your Group Members

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Foster an online community around your business. Add people to your group to create a shared space for networking, collaboration, and discussions. Assign group admins to help monitor activity and grant members permission to create their own groups.
In this article, learn more about: 

Adding members to your group

Add members to your group for conversations and engagement with shared interests. Invite existing site members or new people via email, a shareable link, or an email marketing campaign.
Dashboard
Owner app
  1. Go to Groups in your site's dashboard.
  2. Click the relevant group.
  3. Click the Members tab.
  4. Choose how you want to add members to your group: Send email invites, add site members, or copy a sharable link to paste in an external platform. 
A screenshot of the Wix Groups invite members pop up
Tip:
Send an email marketing campaign inviting people to join your group.

Customizing group members' permissions

Decide who can post in your group, send invitations to join, add site members, and what group members are called.
Dashboard
Owner app
  1. Go to Groups in your site's dashboard.
  2. Click the relevant group.
  3. Click the Settings tab.
  4. Click Edit Settings next to Members.
  5. Select the relevant options for the different settings: 
    1. Who can post in the group?
    2. Who can invite members to join?
    3. Who can add site members?
    4. What are group members called? 
  6. Click Save. 
A screenshot of the Wix Group dashboard members permissions

Setting a group member as an admin

As a group owner, you can assign members as admins to help manage the group. Group admins can moderate discussions, update settings, approve new member requests, remove members, and more.
Dashboard
Owner App
  1. Go to Groups in your site's dashboard.
  2. Click the relevant group.
  3. Click the Members tab.
  4. Click the More Actions icon  next to the member you want to make admin.
  5. Click Make group admin. 
A screenshot of the Wix Groups members list

Choosing who can create groups

You can choose who can create groups on your site. Decide whether members need approval to create a group or if only admins can do so.
Dashboard
Owner App
  1. Go to Groups in your site's dashboard.
  2. Click the More Actions icon  at the top right and select General Settings. 
  3. Select Who can create groups: 
    • All site members: All members can create a new group without needing an admin's approval. 
    • Members with approval: All members can request to create a new group, but you (or another admin) need to approve the request.
    • Only admins: Only you and other admins may create new groups. 
  4. Click Save. 
A screenshot of the group settings page in Wix Groups

Reviewing answers to membership questions

After potential members answer membership questions, you can review their answers and decide whether to approve or deny their membership based on your group's privacy settings.
Dashboard
Owner App
  1. Go to Groups in your site's dashboard.
  2. Click the relevant group.
  3. Click the Members tab.
  4. Click the More Actions icon  next to the relevant member.
  5. Click View answers.
A screenshot of the Wix groups dashboard members tab

FAQs

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In This Article

  • Adding members to your group
  • Customizing group members' permissions
  • Setting a group member as an admin
  • Choosing who can create groups
  • Reviewing answers to membership questions
  • FAQs

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