Create or Edit a QCMM Plan Group

Every QCMM Plan belongs to a Plan Group. A Group is more than a heading: it controls how its Plan cards are arranged, whether structured comparison is enabled, and whether the Plans are treated as one membership family for existing members.

Create the Group before creating its Plans, then publish it only when its customer-facing structure is ready.

Create a Plan Group

  1. Open QCMM → Plans and choose Add Group.
  2. Enter the required Group name and an optional description shown above the Group on the frontend Plans page.
  3. Choose Plan cards per row: 1, 2, 3, or 4 for desktop. Smaller screens reduce columns automatically; incomplete rows preserve unused card positions.
  4. Enable plan comparison only if the Plans use structured features customers should compare.
  5. Enable Membership Family only when these Plans are tiers of one membership rather than unrelated memberships.
  6. Optionally mark the Group as a Software Product so integrations can identify product-tier Groups from metadata instead of names/aliases.
  7. Save the Group, then add its Plans.

Publication and Tier Limits

A new Group normally begins Published when the Effective tier allows another published Group. If the tier publication limit is already reached, QCMM saves the new Group as Unpublished and tells you to unpublish another Group or upgrade before publishing it. Existing unpublished Groups can remain safely stored.

Comparison Behavior

Enabling Group comparison turns on the comparison display for structured Plan features. Individual Plan features control their comparison identity/value; an explicit “Compare as” label wins, otherwise the visible feature title is used. Keep comparable features semantically aligned across Plans.

Membership Family Behavior

When Manage active members through Member Area instead of offering another Plan checkout is enabled, a member who already has an active subscription in the Group sees Manage Plan rather than being encouraged to buy a second membership from the same family. Configure Plan Upgrade / Change Paths to define the changes you actually permit.

Order and Frontend Link

  • Drag Plan Groups in the Plans workspace to change their frontend order.
  • Use Copy Link on an existing Group when you need a direct frontend Group URL.
  • Frontend visibility still depends on Group publication, Plan publication, Joomla menu/access context, and the current user.

Before Deleting a Group

QCMM refuses to delete a Plan Group while Plans still belong to it. Move or delete those Plans first. This protects the required Group→Plan relationship and prevents orphaned Plan rows.

Community Discussion

Want to compare QCMM workflows or discuss how other Joomla site owners use this feature? Visit the QC Memberships & Meetings Community. For private support, account-specific entitlement or billing issues, or bug reports, use the QuantaCade support system.