Create Plan Group-Specific QCMM Catalog Menu Items

One Joomla site can expose different QCMM catalog views without cloning Plans. The QCMM Plans menu type accepts a multi-select Plan Groups parameter, letting each menu item show all published groups or a selected subset.

This is especially useful for separating membership families, departments, programs, or audiences while keeping one authoritative Plan record. The filter controls what that menu item presents; it does not replace Plan visibility or checkout authorization.

Create a Filtered Plans Menu Item

  1. In Joomla Administrator, create a new Menu Item.
  2. Choose the QCMM Plans menu type.
  3. Under the Plan Group selection, choose one or more groups to display.
  4. Leave/use All Plan Groups when the menu should show the complete published catalog. A saved All value overrides specific selections.
  5. Give the menu item the customer-facing title/page heading you want and save it.
  6. Open the menu item on the frontend and verify only the expected published, viewer-visible groups and Plans render.

How the Filter Is Applied

  • QCMM reads the active Plans menu item’s saved Plan Group IDs.
  • If the setting is All, the normal published catalog is used.
  • If one or more IDs are selected, only those groups are considered for that menu context.
  • Malformed/legacy menu parameters fail open to the normal all-groups catalog rather than accidentally hiding the entire page.

Page Heading Behavior

The active menu item’s configured Page Heading takes precedence. If there is no explicit heading, QCMM can use the menu title; with a single renderable group and no stronger heading, the group title can provide the page context. Configure the menu title intentionally when several filtered catalogs coexist.

Filtered Context Carries into Plan Details

When a visitor opens a Plan from a filtered QCMM Plans menu item, QCMM preserves the active Plans Itemid in the Plan Details route. That lets Back to Plans return to the same filtered catalog instead of dropping the customer into a different menu item.

Filtering Is Not Access Control

  • A hidden menu group does not make its Plans private by itself.
  • Plan/Joomla visibility rules and server-side checkout/subscription checks remain authoritative.
  • A direct Plan Details route can still resolve a published authorized Plan even when it is not shown in the visitor’s current filtered menu item.
  • Use Plan access/Joomla groups and publication state—not menu filtering alone—when an offer must actually be restricted.

Test Multiple Catalogs

  1. Create the distinct Plans menu items you need.
  2. Open each as the intended user audience and record which groups should appear.
  3. Open a Plan Details page from each menu and test Back to Plans.
  4. Test a direct Plan URL to verify the security behavior is correct independently of menu filtering.

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.