Spaces and groups

Spaces are where members meet. Create them in SpaceBay → Spaces, or with Create space on the Spaces page of the community. Space groups organise spaces under headings in the community sidebar. Use the arrows to change the order.

Each space has an icon from a set of 28 line icons (announcements, chat, ideas, events, photos and more), or the first letter of its name. Icons are drawn in one colour, so they always match your brand. Spaces created with an emoji in earlier versions show the matching icon automatically.

SpaceBay → Spaces.

Privacy	Who sees it	Who reads posts	How people join
Public	Everyone who can open the community	Everyone	Click Join space
Private	Everyone who can open the community	Members only	Ask to join, then a space admin approves
Secret	Members and invited people only	Members only	By invitation only

Members browse spaces and join them.

In the portal, the left navigation lists the spaces a member can see under their group headings, with a lock on spaces that are not public. The Spaces link is pinned at the bottom of that column and opens this page. A space page has tabs for Posts, Events, Members and, for space admins, Manage. Its right rail has an About this space card with the description, the member count, who can join, the creation date and the viewer’s status (for example “You are a member”), and below it the space’s upcoming events. On a phone the right rail is not shown and the bottom tab bar has a Spaces tab. See the community portal.

A private space on a phone, in dark mode.

Space roles

Role	Can do
Admin	Edit the space, approve requests, invite, change roles, block and remove members.
Moderator	Moderate content in the space.
Member	Read and take part.

Whoever creates a space becomes its first admin. A space always keeps at least one admin. WordPress administrators manage every space, and only they can archive a space, delete it or move it to another group.

Managing a space

Space admins open the space and choose Manage to approve join requests, invite members, see open invitations, unblock members and edit the space details. Blocking an invited person withdraws the invitation.

The Manage tab of a space.

Archived spaces are hidden from people who are not members and do not accept new members.