# Live Chat and Private Messages

Activate the Better Messages Plugin

```
https://wordpress.org/plugins/bp-better-messages/
```

After activating the plugin, navigate to **Better Messages** from your WordPress admin dashboard, you may Configure options as you needed.

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{% hint style="warning" %}
Do not select the page for Better Messages Location dropdown field since it is integrated automatically to the user dashboard page, you may omit its warning notification.
{% endhint %}

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**Enable Live Chat From Backend**

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Navigate to Videos > add new or edit an existing video and check on **Enable Live Chat** checkbox and remember to save changes

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#### **Enable Live Chat From Frontend**

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Edit an existing video from Frontend, swich to Live Chat tab and check on Enable Live Chat checkbox and remember to save changes

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#### **Enable Private Messages** <a href="#enable-private-messages" id="enable-private-messages"></a>

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Navigate to **Appearance > Customize > Theme Options > Better Messages** section and check the **Private Messages** checkbox, the option is enabled by default

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#### BuddyPress Profile Slug <a href="#bp-profile-slug" id="bp-profile-slug"></a>

Refer to [\[StreamTube\] buddyPress (Activity Stream, Notifications, User Groups, Friend Connections ... etc)](https://phpface.ticksy.com/article/19920/)

If BuddyPress is activated, it's recommended to change the "bp-messages" to "dashboard/messages" as the following screenshot

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