How do I make a space members-only?

[deleted] 3 months ago Resolved

I want one space visible only to approved volunteers. I see visibility and join-policy settings — which combination gives me an approval-gated private space?

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[deleted] OP 3 months ago

We ran into the same situation last quarter. What worked for us was starting small and only adding complexity when a real need showed up.

[deleted] OP 2 months ago

For what it is worth, the same approach works with the PMPro adapter — the membership side is identical from here.

[deleted] OP 1 month ago

This deserves more votes. It is a small change with an outsized impact on day-to-day use.

[deleted] OP 3 weeks ago Accepted

This is expected behavior, not a bug. The guard you are hitting is intentional — it protects against a class of mistakes that used to cause data loss.

If you need the other behavior, there is a documented filter you can hook to override it per site.

[deleted] OP 3 weeks ago

Thanks for writing this up. Bookmarking it — the kind of thing I will want to reference again in a month.

[deleted] OP 2 weeks ago

One caveat for larger communities: keep an eye on the indexes. At a few thousand rows the difference is night and day.

[deleted] OP 2 weeks ago

For what it is worth, the same approach works with the PMPro adapter — the membership side is identical from here.