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Buddypress how to create a group programmatically in PHP (and add users)

October 12, 2018November 12, 2015 by louie171

In this post I’ll show you how to create a new group in PHP and then add users to the group. In this example I’m adding new users to a new group when they register.

  add_action('user_register', 'greenbox_add_user_to_new_buddypress_group'); //this should only fire on create user, therefore no problem with dupe groups

  function greenbox_add_user_to_new_buddypress_group($user_id) {


  $id_group = greenbox_create_bp_group($user_id);

  greenbox_add_user_to_group($user_id, $id_group);
  }

  function greenbox_create_bp_group($user_id) {

  $info = get_userdata($user_id);

  $group_args = array();

  $group_args['name'] = "" . $info->user_nicename . "_" . $user_id;

  $group_args['description'] = "A group to hold the files of " . $info->user_nicename;

  $group_args['creator_id'] = 1;

  $group_args['status'] = 'private';   //  could be hidden or public

  $id_group = groups_create_group($group_args);

  return $id_group;
  }

  function greenbox_add_user_to_group($user_id, $group_id) {

  if (!$user_id)
  return false;

  groups_accept_invite($user_id, $group_id);
  }

add_action('user_register', 'greenbox_add_user_to_new_buddypress_group'); //this should only fire on create user, therefore no problem with dupe groups

function greenbox_add_user_to_new_buddypress_group($user_id) {

$id_group = greenbox_create_bp_group($user_id);

greenbox_add_user_to_group($user_id, $id_group);

}

function greenbox_create_bp_group($user_id) {

$info = get_userdata($user_id);

$group_args = array();

$group_args['name'] = "" . $info->user_nicename . "_" . $user_id;

$group_args['description'] = "A group to hold the files of " . $info->user_nicename;

$group_args['creator_id'] = 1;

$group_args['status'] = 'private'; // could be hidden or public

$id_group = groups_create_group($group_args);

return $id_group;

}

function greenbox_add_user_to_group($user_id, $group_id) {

if (!$user_id)

return false;

groups_accept_invite($user_id, $group_id);

}

So there you go, adding users to groups in Buddypress.