How to set up messages location?
The messages location is the WordPress URL where the Better Messages inbox renders for logged-in users. The plugin does not pick the page for you — you decide whether the inbox lives on a standalone WordPress page, a tab inside an existing community plugin profile (BuddyPress, BuddyBoss, Ultimate Member, PeepSo, UsersWP, Profile Builder, JetEngine Profile Builder, FluentCommunity), or on the theme's account / "My Account" page (WooCommerce, MemberPress, LearnDash, LifterLMS, and similar themes).
The video below walks through opening WP Admin → Better Messages → Settings → General → Messages Location, picking the location mode that matches your site, and verifying the front-end. Most setups take less than two minutes. If you already have a community plugin active, Better Messages auto-detects it and the right option will be pre-selected — you just confirm and save.
This video was recorded on Better Messages 1.0. The messenger was redesigned in 3.0, so what you see on screen looks different from your site — the steps themselves are unchanged.
See also#
- User inbox — text reference for the same setup, with screenshots of each location mode
- Conversation types — what lives at that messages location once it's set