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Directorist

REQUIREMENTS

To install the plugin ensure that your website running:

  • WordPress 5.9 or newer
  • PHP 7.1 or newer

Installation​

How to install Directorist​

Download Directorist from the WordPress.org plugin directory and follow the standard WordPress installation process.

How to install Better Messages with Directorist​

  1. Install the plugin through the WordPress plugins screen directly or upload the plugin files to the /wp-content/plugins/bp-better-messages directory.
  2. Activate the plugin through the Plugins screen in WordPress.
  3. Use the Better Messages -> Settings menu to configure the plugin.
  4. Go to Integrations -> Directories and enable the Enable Directorist Integration toggle in the Directorist Integration section. Each placement below has its own toggle so you can enable only what you need.

Settings

Setting Directorist as the messages location​

Better Messages → Settings → General has a Messages Location dropdown that controls which page hosts the user inbox. Selecting Show in Directorist Dashboard routes every "open inbox" link in the plugin (notification emails, on-site links, push notifications, the floating bubble, etc.) into the Directorist user dashboard's Messages tab. The tab is force-enabled and locked while this option is selected — change the Messages Location away from Directorist to unlock it again.

Messages location

Supported features​

Send Message button on the listing page​

Renders inside the Author Info card, next to Directorist's existing View Profile button. The button is hidden when the listing is not published or when the visitor is also the listing's author.

Listing page

Send Message button on archive listing cards​

Adds a small icon button on each card in the archive grid and list views. Disabled by default — opt in via the Archive Card Button toggle.

Archive card

Send Message button on the author profile page​

Adds a Send Message button below the author's name and "member since" line on Directorist's author profile page.

Author profile

Messages tab inside the Directorist user dashboard​

Adds a Messages tab next to My Listings, My Profile, and Favorite Listings in the Directorist user dashboard, so users can read and reply to conversations without leaving the dashboard.

Dashboard tab

Listing info card inside the conversation​

Conversations started from a Directorist listing show the listing's image, title, price and address inside the messages UI. Clicking the author's name or avatar in a conversation opens their Directorist author profile page rather than the default WordPress author archive.

Thread info