The settings of Groups can be found in WP Admin -> PeepSo -> Configuration -> Groups

General Panel

• Enable Group Creation – Turning this option on would allow all members of the community to create Groups. Turning this option off only allows the admins to create Groups.
• Enable post updates upon groups avatar change – Post updates on Activity Stream when user changes groups avatar.
• Enable post updates upon groups cover change – Post updates on Activity Stream when user changes groups cover.

New Members Panel

• Post to stream when joining – When enabled, automatically post on user’s stream when they join a group. These posts are deleted automatically when the user leaves or is removed/banned from the group.
• Action text (on group stream) – Action text when joining a group, on group stream. For example “joined this group”. Leave empty for default. Applies to old posts too.
• Action text (on other streams) – Action text when joining a group, on other stream. For example “joined a group:”. Leave empty for default. Applies to old posts too.

Notifications Section

• Automatically subscribe new members to notifications – Enabled: new group members will automatically be subscribed to receive new posts notifications (on-site)
• Automatically subscribe new members to e-mails – Enabled: new group members will automatically be subscribed to receive new posts e-mail notifications

Group Listings Panel

• Show Group Owner and Creation Date – Show or hide the groups owner(s) in the groups listing
• Show Creation Date – Show or hide the groups creation dates in the groups listing
• Allow guest access – Show or hide the groups listing from visitors who are not logged in
• Default sort – Dropdown with following options
  • Recently added (default)
  • Alphabetical
  • Members count
• Default sort direction – Dropdown with following option
  • Descending (default)
  • Ascending

Categories Panel

• Enable group categories – Users will be able to assign groups to categories. To create categories go to WP Admin -> PeepSo -> Manage -> Group categories
• Set group categories as default view – When groups page is opened, categories tab will be active
• Allow multiple categories per group – Users will be able to assign a group to multiple categories

Category Listing Section

• Each category loads – Only this many groups will show in each category before offering a link to the full category listing..
• Expand all categories – Disabled: only the first category shows a preview of the group listing.
• Hide empty categories – Hide categories which don’t have any groups assigned to them.
• Show group count – The count will not be accurate if a category contains unpublished or secret groups.

SEO Panel

• Use slugs in group URLs
  • Enabled: /groups/my-amazing-group/
  • Disabled: /groups/1234/
• Group slug changes
  • Never: group slug will stay the same as the original group name.
  • When group name is changed: new group slug will be generated upon group name change.
  • By the group owner: the group owner can change the slug manually.

Advanced Panel

• Pin to top only inside groups – Enabled: pinned group posts will be pinned to top only in group views Disabled: pinned group posts will be also pinned to top on author profile and main activity
• Replace “invite” with “add” for Admins – Site and Community Administrators will add users to group without the need to confirm.
• E-mail Admins when a new group is created – Users with Administrator role will receive an e-mail when a new group is created
• Show membership summary for group names on stream – When enabled, hovering over group names on stream will display membership and following summary. This feature is likely to slow down stream performance.