# Personal Message Box for Individual Members

> Lets administrators write a private note on any user's profile that only that user sees, through a [wpide_my_message] shortcode and on their own dashboard.

- Type: PHP
- Runs: Run everywhere
- Category: [Users](https://wpide.com/library/category/users/)
- Tags: members, dashboard, messages
- Author: WPIDE Team
- Installs: 0
- Updated: 2026-10-28
- Page: https://wpide.com/library/personal-message-for-member/

## Code

```php
add_action( 'edit_user_profile', function ( $user ) {
    if ( ! current_user_can( 'edit_users' ) ) {
        return;
    }

    wp_nonce_field( 'wpide_member_message_' . $user->ID, 'wpide_member_message_nonce' );
    printf(
        '<h2>Personal message</h2><table class="form-table" role="presentation"><tr><th scope="row"><label for="wpide-member-message">Message for this user</label></th><td><textarea id="wpide-member-message" name="wpide_member_message" rows="4" class="large-text">%s</textarea><p class="description">Shown only to this user. Leave empty to remove.</p></td></tr></table>',
        esc_textarea( get_user_meta( $user->ID, 'wpide_member_message', true ) )
    );
} );

add_action( 'edit_user_profile_update', function ( $user_id ) {
    if ( ! isset( $_POST['wpide_member_message_nonce'] ) || ! wp_verify_nonce( sanitize_key( $_POST['wpide_member_message_nonce'] ), 'wpide_member_message_' . $user_id ) || ! current_user_can( 'edit_users' ) ) {
        return;
    }

    $message = isset( $_POST['wpide_member_message'] ) ? wp_kses_post( wp_unslash( $_POST['wpide_member_message'] ) ) : '';

    if ( '' === trim( $message ) ) {
        delete_user_meta( $user_id, 'wpide_member_message' );
    } else {
        update_user_meta( $user_id, 'wpide_member_message', $message );
    }
} );

add_shortcode( 'wpide_my_message', function () {
    $message = is_user_logged_in() ? get_user_meta( get_current_user_id(), 'wpide_member_message', true ) : '';

    return $message ? '<div class="wpide-my-message" role="note">' . wpautop( wp_kses_post( $message ) ) . '</div>' : '';
} );

add_action( 'admin_notices', function () {
    global $pagenow;

    $message = in_array( $pagenow, array( 'index.php', 'profile.php' ), true ) ? get_user_meta( get_current_user_id(), 'wpide_member_message', true ) : '';

    if ( $message ) {
        echo '<div class="notice notice-info">' . wpautop( wp_kses_post( $message ) ) . '</div>';
    }
} );
```

## Notes

Useful for client portals ("Your invoice is ready") and member dashboards. Basic formatting and links are allowed.

## How to use it

Install the free WPIDE plugin (https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpide/), find "Personal Message Box for Individual Members" in its snippet library and add it in one click; or create a new PHP snippet in WPIDE (or any code snippets plugin) and paste the code above. More snippets: https://wpide.com/library/