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I’m not aware of a plugin that will do that. There is one that does something similar, in that it restricts who can send messages to others. That’s BP Friends Only:

https://github.com/r-a-y/bp-pms-for-friends

Pretty sure that would serve as a sound basis for what you need to do, If you are able to fork it and carry out the required editing. You could then implement some checks for role relationships instead of checks for friend relationships.

I’ve had a look at the code, there’s three area’s that need to be changed the only issue is how to get the user roles in the context of the functions that they are sitting in, I might look at this tomorrow if I have time, I’m not expert though, it just seems like a useful exercise for someone of my skill.

But you need to map out your requirements in more detail. For example what other roles would your subscribers be able to message? admin of course? any others?

Hi billysgtr, I’ve done it, you need to make the following changes to bp-pms-for-friends.php:

Line 69 replace:

if ( ! friends_check_friendship( bp_loggedin_user_id(), $recipient->user_id ) ) {
	unset( $message_info->recipients[$key] );
	$u++;
}

With:

if ( current_user_can( 'subscriber' ) && user_can($recipient->user_id, 'subscriber') ) {
    unset( $message_info->recipients[$key] );
    $u++;
}

Line 98 edit:
$message = __( 'You are not authorized to message the person(s) you are attempting to send a message to. Your message has not been sent.', 'bp-pms' );
With you own message

Line 129 Replace:
$is_whitelisted = in_array( bp_displayed_user_id(), $this->whitelist_ids );
With:
`$is_whitelisted = true;
if ( current_user_can(‘subscriber’) && user_can( bp_displayed_user_id(), ‘subscriber’) ) {
$is_whitelisted = false;
}’

This will deny any attempt to PM another subscriber and will remove the Private Message link from other subscribers profiles.

@billysgtr @venutius this is really cool news as i need the exact same feature (only authors can send private messages on buddypress) …..how do i go about getting the latest version? is it an official plugin now?