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Private groups · Version history

Private groups changelog and version history

Latest version
3.9.7
Aug 20, 2026 (2 months ago)
Releases
115
since 2014
In the last year
1
Tested up to
WordPress 7.1.4

Releases each year

  • 201413 releases
  • 201515 releases
  • 201618 releases
  • 201735 releases
  • 20186 releases
  • 201910 releases
  • 20206 releases
  • 20215 releases
  • 20222 releases
  • 20232 releases
  • 20242 releases
  • 20261 release

20261 release

  1. Private groups 3.9.7Latest

20242 releases

  1. Private groups 3.9.6

  2. Private groups 3.9.5

20232 releases

  1. Private groups 3.9.4

  2. Private groups 3.9.3

20222 releases

  1. Private groups 3.9.2

    • 3.9.1 amend enforce permissions test in functions.php to add !empty argument (line 184 & 194), and amend disable_groups to only search users where private groups are set (line 38)

  2. Private groups 3.9.1

20215 releases

  1. Private groups 3.9.0

  2. Private groups 3.8.9

    • 3.8.8 revised filter for bsp-display-topic-index to deal with situation where forum= not used
    • 3.8.6 amended user view forum check. If no group is set for a forum, then the private_groups_can_user_view_post function did set $can_view as true even if post was hidden or private. This function now checks if user is allowed to see the forum if no group set and sets $can_view correctly
    • 3.8.5 amended filter for style pack pg_display_forum_query_filter to allow for forum visibility

  3. Private groups 3.8.8

  4. Private groups 3.8.7

  5. Private groups 3.8.6

20206 releases

  1. Private groups 3.8.5

  2. Private groups 3.8.4

  3. Private groups 3.8.3

    • 3.8.2 Revised forum descriptions to match bbpress 2.6.x, revised sub forum filter to cope with 2.5.x and 2.6.x versions, amended bbp_filter to take account of multipgaed and date filters

  4. Private groups 3.8.2

  5. Private groups 3.8.1

    • 3.8.0 minor chnage to meta-box to prevent non critical error if non logged in empty

  6. Private groups 3.8.0

201910 releases

  1. Private groups 3.7.9

  2. Private groups 3.7.8

  3. Private groups 3.7.7

  4. Private groups 3.7.6

  5. Private groups 3.7.5

  6. Private groups 3.7.4

    • 3.7.3 minor change to private_groups_get_permitted_subforums to correctly pass $args

  7. Private groups 3.7.3

  8. Private groups 3.7.2

    • 3.7.1 minor change to ensure ‘no group set’ users show correctly in user management tab

  9. Private groups 3.7.1

  10. Private groups 3.7.0

    • 3.6.9 minor change to forum private groups metabox to correctly display if no groups set up

20186 releases

  1. Private groups 3.6.9

  2. Private groups 3.6.8

    • 3.6.7 Action hooks added to user management to allow for custom columns. Add groups to roles improved to allow for multiple roles
    • 3.6.6 Warning if using bbpress notify added. Fix for max(): Array must contain at least one element where own topics set by no topics yet
    • 3.6.5 fix for post_id error in pg_check_profile where topic is supersticky, but no other topics in forum
    • 3.6.4 added filter to ensure at the backend moderators only see their own forum topics and replies

  3. Private groups 3.6.7

  4. Private groups 3.6.6

  5. Private groups 3.6.5

  6. Private groups 3.6.4

201735 releases

  1. Private groups 3.6.3

    • 3.6.2 amended functions and topic_filters to prevent topics being seen for ‘access own topic’ users.

  2. Private groups 3.6.2

  3. Private groups 3.6.1

    • 3.6.0 amended forum metabox to better display non-logged in options, added filter for rss2 feed single item
    • 3.5.9 added ability where anonymous posting allowed to set forum permissions for anon users as per group settings
    • 3.5.8 added ability to show a forum to non-logged in users when topic permissions activated. Fixed forum dropdown list when topic permissions not set

  4. Private groups 3.6.0

  5. Private groups 3.5.9

  6. Private groups 3.5.8

  7. Private groups 3.5.7

  8. Private groups 3.5.6

    • 3.5.5 amendments to $allowed_forums to set to -1 if null. amendment to pg forums list widget to correctly set args[‘before’]

  9. Private groups 3.5.5

  10. Private groups 3.5.4

  11. Private groups 3.5.3

  12. Private groups 3.5.2

    • 3.5.1 Amended topic permissions to add Create/Edit/view OWN Topics to allow for say a help desk private forum

  13. Private groups 3.5.1

  14. Private groups 3.5.0

  15. Private groups 3.4.9

    • 3.4.8 disable_groups added, forum ID added to forum lists in dashboard, groups added to forum lists in dashboard

  16. Private groups 3.4.8

  17. Private groups 3.4.7

    • 3.4.6 minor fix to pg latest activity widget to show latest reply if no author shown
    • 3.4.5 added improved subscription filtering to remove subscriptions if as a result of group changes user can no longer see forum or topics from that forum

  18. Private groups 3.4.6

  19. Private groups 3.4.5

  20. Private groups 3.4.4

  21. Private groups 3.4.3

  22. Private groups 3.4.2

  23. Private groups 3.4.1

    • 3.4.0 minor correction to role_assignment and Settings to correct undefined index

  24. Private groups 3.4.0

  25. Private groups 3.3.9

    • 3.3.8 correction to user-profile.php for current user when being amended by admin
    • 3.3.7 Additional functioinality to PF forums widget to allow for forum visibility

  26. Private groups 3.3.8

  27. Private groups 3.3.7

  28. Private groups 3.3.6

    • 3.3.5 Change to forum and activity widget to improve output order and consistency. Revised rpg_get_forum_last_active_id function

  29. Private groups 3.3.5

  30. Private groups 3.3.4

    • 3.3.3 add parameters to add_filter(‘bbp_get_forum_freshness_link’) to allow for direct filtering
    • 3.3.2 correction to fix user avatar where a category or forum has sub forums, some of which the user is not permitted to see
    • 3.3.1 correction to fix topic/reply counts where a category or forum has sub forums, some of which the user is not permitted to see
    • 3.3.0 correction to prevent freshness for a sub forum being incorrectly displayed on a category

  31. Private groups 3.3.3

  32. Private groups 3.3.2

  33. Private groups 3.3.1

  34. Private groups 3.3.0

  35. Private groups 3.2.10

201618 releases

  1. Private groups 3.2.9

  2. Private groups 3.2.8

  3. Private groups 3.2.7

  4. Private groups 3.2.6

    • 3.2.5 minor fix to user-profile.php to remove undefined index line 73 and minor correction to functions to ensure valuecheck = 0 if not set in topic permissions, re-order of tabs and additional help text

  5. Private groups 3.2.5

  6. Private groups 3.2.4

  7. Private groups 3.2.3

  8. Private groups 3.2.2

  9. Private groups 3.2.0

  10. Private groups 3.1.9

    • 3.1.8 fix undefined error in meta-box.php, add shortcodes plugin to work with private groups, add filter to allow for which capability can access the settings page

  11. Private groups 3.1.8

  12. Private groups 3.1.7

  13. Private groups 3.0.1

  14. Private groups 3.1.6

  15. Private groups 3.1.5

  16. Private groups 3.1.4

  17. Private groups 3.1.3

    • 3.1.2 addition of wp_link_query filter to prevent unallowed topic titles being displayed during link action in topic and reply forms
    • 3.1.1 Correction to latest activity widget to prevent fatal error (parse settings)

  18. Private groups 3.1.2

201515 releases

  1. Private groups 3.1.1

  2. Private groups 3.1.0

  3. Private groups 3.0.9

    • 3.0.8 Additional shortcodes added to replace bbp single forum, topics and replies shortcodes Line 21 added to replies.php to set null for $allowed_posts
    • 3.0.7 fix issue with forum visibility forum-filters.php lines 28 & 119 corrected unitinitilased offset in forum-filters.php line 256 and functions.php line 235

  4. Private groups 3.0.8

  5. Private groups 3.0.7

  6. Private groups 3.0.6

  7. Private groups 3.0.5

    • 3.0.4 fix issue with widgets showing activity’ if post__in no allowed_posts array is blank Internationalisation added for pg_forum_widgets.php $user_id added to is_keymaster($user_id) line 48 in user-view-post.php to allow for compatibility with other plugins

  8. Private groups 3.0.4

  9. Private groups 3.0.3

  10. Private groups 3.0.2

    • 3.0.1 fix issue with assign groups to roles, and add login assignation to plugin role_assignment.php functions.php, change replies.php to set $limit in all cases
    • 2.5.6 change to forum_filters.php and topics.php to correct minor syntax errors https://wordpress.org/support/topic/couple-of-warnings-in-latest-version?replies=6 and https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bbp_list_forums-filter-bug?replies=2
    • 2.5.5 add latest activity widget, corrected sub-forum display and added column option

  11. Private groups 2.5.6

  12. Private groups 2.5.5

  13. Private groups 2.5.4

  14. Private groups 2.5.3

    • 2.5.2 correction to moderator role to prevent moderators seeing other private forums

  15. Private groups 2.5.2

201413 releases

  1. Private groups 2.5

  2. Private groups 2.4

  3. Private groups 2.3

  4. Private groups 2.2

  5. Private groups 2.0.1

  6. Private groups 2.0

  7. Private groups 1.9.2

  8. Private groups 1.9.1

  9. Private groups 1.8.1

  10. Private groups 1.7

  11. Private groups 1.8

  12. Private groups 1.6

  13. Private groups 1.5

Questions about Private groups’s releases

What is the latest version of Private groups?

3.9.7, released on Aug 20, 2026 (2 months ago). It’s tested up to WordPress 7.1.4.

How often is Private groups updated?

One release in the last year. Its first release on WordPress.org dates from May 2014.

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Release dates come from the day each version’s folder was made in Private groups’s WordPress.org SVN repository; the notes from its readme’s changelog, as its authors wrote it.