Title: Patch for supporting multiple groups
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Patch for supporting multiple groups

 *  [dr_blue](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dr_blue/)
 * (@dr_blue)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/patch-for-supporting-multiple-groups/)
 * Didn’t want to pollute our Active Directory with creating groups only for determining
   WordPress roles since we already had department-groups and we wanted to control
   role based on just that. So I created a small patch which support entering multiple
   groups for each role in the Service Provider tab.
 * Separate your groups with a semicolon `;`, for example we use `Marketing;IT` 
   for the administrator WordPress role on our intranet.
 * [http://pastebin.com/AEMF3SA7](http://pastebin.com/AEMF3SA7)
 * Only tested on Active Directory as IdP.
    Enjoy and use at your own risk/will 
   🙂
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## Tags

 * [enhancement](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/enhancement/)
 * [multiple groups](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/multiple-groups/)

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 * Last activity: [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/patch-for-supporting-multiple-groups/)
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