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.
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Code
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.
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