What is the easiest method to see how many private messages have been sent using buddypress. We do not need to view them we just need a total number of messages sent.
If you don’t need to display the count on your website, the best way is to look in your database. The bp_messages_messages table will likely have lots of rows. The total number of rows will be the total number of messages sent.
Running SELECT COUNT(*) FROM table_name; at the mysql terminal prompt will give you the info you need.