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Front End PM
Front End PM is a Private Messaging system and a secure contact form to your WordPress site.This is full functioning messaging system from front end.
The facts
- Rating
- 4.8★ from 219
- Active installs
- 4k+
- Price
- Free
- Last updated
- 12 Feb 2025
- Added
- Apr 2014
- Requires WP
- 4.4
- Tested up to
- WP 6.7.7
- Requires PHP
- 5.6
- Downloads
- 272,798
Our analysis
AI-assistedFront End PM is a WordPress plugin that provides a private messaging system accessible from the front end of your site. This allows users to send and receive messages without needing to access the WordPress Dashboard, which can be beneficial for maintaining a streamlined user experience.
The plugin supports features such as threaded messaging, public announcements from admins, and various admin controls for managing user interactions. It is suitable for WordPress site owners who want to facilitate private communication among users while keeping them out of the backend.
Best for: This plugin is best for WordPress site owners looking to implement a private messaging system for their users.
What it does well
- ✓Allows messaging through the front end of the site
- ✓Supports threaded messages and individual messaging
- ✓Admins can send public announcements
- ✓Offers various admin controls for user management
- ✓Users can choose notification preferences
Where it falls short
- •Some advanced features are only available in the PRO version
- •Limited information on support options
Verdict
Front End PM offers a straightforward solution for private messaging on WordPress sites. It is particularly useful for sites that want to keep users engaged without exposing them to the Dashboard.
From the developer
Shamim Hasan's own description of Front End PM, lightly tidied.
Front End PM is a Private Messaging system to your WordPress site.This is full functioning messaging system from front end. The messaging is done entirely through the front-end of your site rather than the Dashboard. This is very helpful if you want to keep your users out of the Dashboard area.
Some Front End PM PRO Features
- Multiple Recipients
- Only admin
- Group message
- Email Piping
- Read Receipt
- Email template
- Announcement Email queue
- Role to Role Block
Some Useful Link
- Basic Admin Settings
- Basic Walkthrough
- Remove minlength
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If you want paid support you can contact with me through Front End PM paid support
Features
- Works through a Page rather than the dashboard. This is very helpful if you want to keep your users out of the Dashboard area!
- Users can privately message one another
- Threaded messages/Individual message
- Ability to embed things into messages like YouTube, Photobucket, Flickr, WordPress TV, more.
- Notification sound.
- Desktop notification.
- Admins can send a public announcement for all users to see or to perticular role(s).
- Admins can set the max amount of messages a user can keep in his/her box per role basis. This is helpful for keeping Database sizes down.
- Admins can set how many messages to show per page in the message box.
- Admins can set how many user to show per page in front end directory.
- Admins can set will email be sent to all users when a new announcement is published or not.
- Admins can set “to” field of announcement email.
- Admins can set Directory will be shown to all or not.
- Admins can block any user to send private message.
- Admins can set time delay between two messages send by a user.
- Admins can see all other’s private message.
- Admins can block all users to send new message but they can send reply of their messages.
- Admins can hide autosuggestion for users.
- There are three types of sidebar widget.
- Users can select whether or not they want to receive messages
- Users can select whether or not they want to be notified by email when they receive a new message.
- Users can select whether or not they want to be notified by email when a new announcement is published.
- Users can block other users.
Translation
- please use wordpress translation.
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