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 → 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.

Old guide

This guide was created for Better Messages 1.0, styling and process can be different slightly in Better Messages 2.0

See also

• Messages location — text reference for the same setup
• Conversation types — what lives at that messages location once it's set
• User inbox — full explainer with screenshots of each location mode