How to add users to groups in Bulk

Art Deineka

at the moment I need to add users to group individually one by one, and I have to remember their usernames to type into suggestive box. Instead is there a way to add multiple users in one go by selecting checkboxes or something?

zandertrek

@art-deineka I am also wondering how to add add users to groups en masse.

dunlix

@zandertrek I know if you type * in a user selection that it shows all and you can check them

zandertrek

@dunlix This is true and there are several useful actions an admin can apply to a selected batch of users. However, adding them to a group is not an option in the current UI. @baris confirmed that it has to be done through a custom script.

phenomlab

@zandertrek I'm positive I saw a plugin earlier to do this...

Yes, wasn't dreaming - search nodebb-plugin-import-users-csv in the install plugins list

dunlix

@zandertrek hmm here I did it

Sorry that I did this on mobile

zandertrek

@phenomlab I tried out this plugin but I can't find any interface for it. The github pages does not exist. Were you able to use it successfully? If yes, how does it operate?

phenomlab

@zandertrek I've not personally tried it - sorry - just making a recommendation based on what I'd previously stumbled across.

zandertrek

@phenomlab Unfortunately, I think that plugin is long dead. Good eye though.

phenomlab

@zandertrek A bit worrying though as it says it's compatible !

zandertrek

@dunlix Ok, I see your example and I tried it myself now. The use of * to add members to a group is interesting. From what I see, it throws up a random list of 24 users. This is a solid solution to "How to add users to groups in Bulk". Personally, I was looking for a solution that supported intentional selection of a large group (700+) of users selected by specific criteria.

zandertrek

@phenomlab It threw no errors during installation : )