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Message to Author

by Pathu Sutariya

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Description

Message to Author is a WordPress plugin that allows users to message author of the post/CPT/page directly.

This can be helpful to set up catalogs to ask for inquiry, and specially when handling multiple blog/magazine with multiple author. User can send messages to author regarding any obligations of content.

Features:

  • All message’s log into admin panel, Author will only see messages for them.
  • Option to send message only for registered users or visitor or both
  • Can be used as an internal messaging system

The Plugin offers 2 layouts: Message box, Pop up and 3 Styles for your websites

You can help contribute your code here: https://github.com/pathusutariya/message-to-author

USER INSTRUCTION

  1. You can put a Message-box anywhere in content with shortcode [message2author] Or in php file with <?php echo do_shortcode("[message2author]"); >.
  2. You can pass few preset to have various layouts like [message2author title="{Title of form}" button_label="{label text of button}" layout="{messagebox|popup}" style="{theme|style1|style2}"]
  3. Or you can simply elect the option Show after post? and it will inject after every Post’s content
  4. Author can also show on their Dashboard. Use this shortcode: [allmessage2author] Or in php file with <?php echo do_shortcode("[allmessage2author]"); ?>

From your WordPress dashboard:

  • Visit \Plugins > Add New\
  • Search for \Message to Author\
  • Activate Message to author from your Plugins page.

From WordPress.org

  • Download Message to Author.
  • Upload the \message-to-author\ directory to your /wp-content/plugins/ directory, using your favorite method (ftp, sftp, scp, etc…)
  • Activate message-to-author from your Plugins page.
  1. Message Box with preset

    Message Box with preset

  2. Admin settings

    Admin settings

  3. Popup with theme default styling

    Popup with theme default styling

  4. Messages in admin panel

    Messages in admin panel

A miss of a huge opportunity

By gotteiner on July 7, 2017

The idea is very good, as Multi-Authors Blogs indeed face the day-to-day annoying task of building a separate contact form for each author - for inclusion after the author's posts. But when authors get such emails from readers, they are not interested in just a subject line and text. They are certainly interested in additional details such as the reader's name, email address, maybe a phone number, and maybe additional one or two details. These are not necessarily going to be provided through the subject and description area. It's a miss. Sorry... not good enough. It could be the rock-star of Multi-Authors Blogs if it included more fields, including validation (email, no code), and if each additional field could be configured (field tag, mandatory or not etc). Good idea though. I guess it's only a matter of time before such a plugin becomes available.

basic but fullfill my need

By lovemice on September 3, 2016

I usr this plugin for my woo-commerce site.
And work great

Really Helpful for my b2b site

By Pathu Sutariya (pathusutariya) on September 3, 2016

I am useing it for fabricscart.com and useing it with woocommerce plugin.

This is really Helpful for contact user to product manufacturer

1.0.0
the plugin is created with very basic functionality-

1.0.1
Error Solving and make it error free

2.0.0
Remove front-end message display by shortcode

2.1.0
Adding Google Captcha form

2.2.0
Change into description

3.0.1
Change into Standard plugin flow

4.0.0
– Complete new version of plugin.
– Bootstraping future updates.

4.0.2
– Resolved. White screen while sending message
– Testing with WordPress 5.6

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