# Make it easier for Admins to set up Groups through Setup Wizard

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-it-easier-for-admins-to-set-up-groups-through-setup-wizard/301821
**Category:** Feature
**Tags:** groups
**Created:** [April 1, 2024, 9:57am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-it-easier-for-admins-to-set-up-groups-through-setup-wizard/301821 "2024-04-01T09:57:46Z")
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### Author: ![traceymoko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/traceymoko/32/483235_2.png) [@traceymoko](https://meta.discourse.org/u/traceymoko)
#### Post date: [April 5, 2024, 5:26am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-it-easier-for-admins-to-set-up-groups-through-setup-wizard/301821/6 "2024-04-05T05:26:34Z")

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> [@Why isn't Discourse more frequently recommended as a "community platform"?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-isnt-discourse-more-frequently-recommended-as-a-community-platform/221040/131):
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> Yes, how to configure groups for a given purpose is the cause of a lot of confusion. The Setup Wizard could walk site owners through the process.
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> I’m imagining something like this:
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> - the Wizard asks “What’s your community going to be used for?”
> - a selection of available templates is displayed
> - the site owner selects “customer support”
> - the Wizard walks the site owner through the process of configuring a “support” group: the group’s name, incoming email address, category, etc
> 
> Another site owner selects “paid subscriptions” from the Setup Wizard:
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> - the Wizard walks them through the process of creating “subscribers” groups and categories
> - gives them the option of configuring the Patreon and Subscriptions plugins to limit access to the “subcribers” categories
> 
> Another site owner selects “teamwork” from the Setup Wizard…

These sound great. There could be templates for study & education and so on too.

> [@pfaffman](#):
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> I think a better place would be in the New Group dialog, with a checkbox and/or a field to create a category with member-only permissions.

> [@simon](#):
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> Assistance in both places would be great.

Totally agree - hadn’t thought about the New Group dialog too. I have had to use that dialog a lot on another forum where I was admin, and it can feel like a lot of work to create groups.

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