Title: Hooking into Groups
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Hooking into Groups

 *  [JohnM](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jmanko/)
 * (@jmanko)
 * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hooking-into-groups/)
 * I modified the Groups plugin to customize how restriction is handled. For instance,
   on the post page I output the excerpt followed by a stylized message to sign 
   up or login.
 * I want to avoid modifying the Groups plugin and instead hook into it to override
   some methods. I’m pretty new to plugin development, so I’m not sure where to 
   start.
 * I see the API, but not sure how to use it to accomplish what I want:
    [http://api.itthinx.com/groups/class-Groups_Post_Access.html](http://api.itthinx.com/groups/class-Groups_Post_Access.html)
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/groups/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/groups/)

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 * Last activity: [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hooking-into-groups/)
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