{"id":2889,"date":"2026-03-13T20:09:24","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T20:09:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/wordpress\/?page_id=2889"},"modified":"2026-04-01T14:05:01","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T14:05:01","slug":"add-a-person-to-a-group","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/wordpress\/training\/add-a-person-to-a-group\/","title":{"rendered":"Add a Person to a Group"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; height: 0; padding-bottom: 56.25%\">\n\t<iframe src=\"https:\/\/uri.hosted.panopto.com\/Panopto\/Pages\/Embed.aspx?id=ba346ae3-6ca1-4f36-9740-b3e8014dcfab&#038;autoplay=false&#038;offerviewer=false&#038;showtitle=true&#038;showbrand=false&#038;captions=false&#038;interactivity=all\" style=\"border: 1px solid #464646; position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; box-sizing: border-box;\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay\" title=\"How to Add a Person to a Group (People Tool) Video\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:0px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Go to Your Dashboard<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Log in to your WordPress dashboard.<br><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Open the People Tool<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>From the left-hand menu, click <strong>People<\/strong>.<br><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Select a Person Profile<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Click an existing person\u2019s name to edit their profile, or<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click <strong>Add New Person<\/strong> if you\u2019re creating a new profile.<br><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Open Person Settings<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Click the <strong>Settings<\/strong> (gear) icon in the top right-hand corner.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Select the <strong>Person<\/strong> tab.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Assign the Person to a Group<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Locate the <strong>People Groups<\/strong> field.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Select the appropriate group from the list.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>If no group is listed:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Click <strong>Add Category<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Enter the new group name.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Select <strong>Add Category<\/strong> to create and assign the group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Important:<\/strong> People&#8217;s profiles will not display on a page unless they are assigned to a group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"6\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Save Your Changes<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Click <strong>Save<\/strong> or <strong>Update<\/strong> to apply the group assignment<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If no group is listed: Click Add Category. Enter the new group name. Select Add Category to create and assign the group. Important: People&#8217;s profiles will not display on a page unless they are assigned to a group.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":102,"featured_media":0,"parent":2749,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-2889","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2889","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/102"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2889"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2889\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2944,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2889\/revisions\/2944"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2749"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}