Title: Password for Group Join Shortcode
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Password for Group Join Shortcode

 *  Resolved [jasnon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jasnon/)
 * (@jasnon)
 * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/password-for-group-join-shortcode/)
 * Hi itthinx,
 * Excellent improvements to the plugin lately! I’m wondering if additional functionality
   could easily be added to the [groups_join] shortcode to require a user to enter
   a password prior to being able to join the group. Maybe an additional attribute
   within the shortcode such as [groups_join group=”X” password=”example”] that 
   would cause a box to pop up after the button was clicked with a text field to
   enter the group password. Only after the correct password was entered would the
   user be able to join the group.
 * Thanks for the support!
 * [http://wordpress.org/plugins/groups/](http://wordpress.org/plugins/groups/)

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 *  Plugin Author [itthinx](https://wordpress.org/support/users/itthinx/)
 * (@itthinx)
 * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/password-for-group-join-shortcode/#post-4338053)
 * Many thanks 🙂
 * For what you’re asking, there’s a simple solution which consists in creating 
   a post that is password protected and placing the join button there.
 *  Thread Starter [jasnon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jasnon/)
 * (@jasnon)
 * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/password-for-group-join-shortcode/#post-4338055)
 * Hi itthinx,
 * Thanks for the response. The only problem with your solution above is that it
   is limited to protecting just one group_join shortcode. I’m looking to have a
   sort of groups directory page with a list of all the possible groups a user can
   join. With this format, there will be multiple “Join Group” buttons on the same
   page that will need different passwords associated to each one. That’s the reason
   I was hoping to have the functionality lie within the shortcode itself rather
   than the page or post.
 * Thanks.

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 * Last activity: [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/password-for-group-join-shortcode/#post-4338055)
 * Status: resolved