This plugin is a Swiss Army Knife for messaging, It allows the site admin to place restrictions on public and private messages including general rules …
As of April 2026, BuddyPress Messaging Control is a WordPress mentions plugin with 80 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 2 reviews. It has been downloaded 7.6K+ times in total. Requires WordPress false+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2019. Last updated 1 year ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Display Tweets.
This plugin is perfect if you want to use messaging as a way of differentiating or monetizing your BP Site. It’s also good for controlling internal spam. You can control access to messaging and who the user can message. It also allows quotas to be set for each role and maximum message size. The options available are:
Based on each role you can disable or set limits on messaging.
Private Messaging:
| WordPress | false+ requiredTested up to 6.6.5 |
| PHP | false+ required |
21/07/2024
Update: Optimised by removing 40+ function calls. Improved translations and escaping.
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