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> Communication > Chat > open a group > group name > Settings<\/p>\n\n\n\n > Communication > Chat > open a group > group name > Settings<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Open the group and click the group name. Messaging > Communication > Chat > open a group > group name > Settings Open the group and click the group name.Click Settings.Turn the toggles on or off. MessagingParticipant can send messages \u2014 lets members send messages in the group. Turn this off for an announcement-only group.Monitor can send messages \u2014 lets a Monitor send messages … Continue reading “How to control what members can do in a group?”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1192],"tags":[],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-21281","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chat"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/helpcenter.nexterp.in\/helpcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21281","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/helpcenter.nexterp.in\/helpcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/helpcenter.nexterp.in\/helpcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helpcenter.nexterp.in\/helpcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helpcenter.nexterp.in\/helpcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21281"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/helpcenter.nexterp.in\/helpcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21281\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21323,"href":"https:\/\/helpcenter.nexterp.in\/helpcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21281\/revisions\/21323"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/helpcenter.nexterp.in\/helpcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helpcenter.nexterp.in\/helpcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helpcenter.nexterp.in\/helpcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21281"},{"taxonomy":"post_folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helpcenter.nexterp.in\/helpcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_folder?post=21281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Click Settings<\/strong>.
Turn the toggles on or off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/helpcenter.nexterp.in\/helpcenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/chat-members-settings.png\")
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Participant can send messages<\/strong> \u2014 lets members send messages in the group. Turn this off for an announcement-only group.
Monitor can send messages<\/strong> \u2014 lets a Monitor send messages instead of only watching.
Moderator rights
Moderators can manage participant messages but cannot edit admin messages, archive groups, or change participant access.
Moderator can post messages<\/strong>
Moderator can add\/remove members<\/strong>
Moderator can edit group info<\/strong>
Note: Monitor and Moderator are different roles. A Monitor watches the conversation. A Moderator helps manage the group, within the limits you set here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"