JFORMFIELD-USERGROUP-001

JFormFieldUsergroup

JFormFieldUsergroup

The usergroup field type was replaced by usergrouplist in Joomla 4.

JFormFieldUsergroupUsergrouplistField

Dies at Joomla 3 → 4J3: Works nativelyJ4: Removed — fatalJ6: Removed — fatalBC plugin: no — already dead on J4Patch possible — review itJoomla API

What you will see

  • Class "JFormFieldUsergroup" not found

Symptoms people search

usergroup field missing

Replace this code

Swap JFormFieldUsergroup for UsergrouplistField.

Joomla 3

Remove or stop calling this

<field name="groups" type="usergroup" />

Joomla 4 / 6

Use this instead

<field name="groups" type="usergrouplist" />

How to fix it

  1. 1Change XML type to usergrouplist.
  2. 2Rename custom field subclasses.

Also known as

usergroup · usergrouplist

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