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It looks like bp_get_send_message_button is reserved for private messages only, and returns a filtered result of bp_get_button according to some private-message-specific parameters.

I’d like to remove the term “Private” from the language, since it is the only kind of messaging I’m going to use, but with two additional requirements:

1) I don’t want to deal with language files
2) I want to keep the customization on this element of BP with the other customizations — i.e. in my functions.php

It seems I cannot redefine bp_get_send_message_button in my functions.php. When I use an if (!function_exists.. my changes are ignored. When I remove the check, the conflict between the functions is fatal.

How can I override the link_title and link_text without modifying BP core or using language files?

function bp_get_send_message_button() {
		// Note: 'bp_get_send_message_button' is a legacy filter. Use
		// 'bp_get_send_message_button_args' instead. See #4536
		return apply_filters( 'bp_get_send_message_button',
			bp_get_button( apply_filters( 'bp_get_send_message_button_args', array(
				'id'                => 'private_message',
				'component'         => 'messages',
				'must_be_logged_in' => true,
				'block_self'        => true,
				'wrapper_id'        => 'send-private-message',
				'link_href'         => bp_get_send_private_message_link(),
				'link_title'        => __( 'Send a private message to this user.', 'buddypress' ),
				'link_text'         => __( 'Private Message', 'buddypress' ),
				'link_class'        => 'send-message',
			) ) )
		);
	}