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Messaging for LearnDasn & LifterLMS
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General Settings Documentation #
In your wp-admin > LearnDash LMS > Chat Settings, you’ll find the Messaging for LearnDash settings like this:
![Messaging for LearnDash chat settings.](https://honorswp.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/image.png)
Restrict chats to only students and teachers – Toggle Yes to keep conversations between students enrolled in courses and the course author. When this setting is enabled, users will not be able to message each other one-on-one.
Chat refresh frequency (seconds) – Set the number of seconds you wish your chat to refresh.
Delete database tables on deactivation – If you deactivate the Messaging for LearnDash plugin, database tables will be deleted.
Allow users to delete messages from chat – Select Course, Group, or Private to allow users to delete messages.
Message can be deleted within (minutes) – Set a specified time users can delete messages.
Deleted message placeholder text – This text appears when a LearnDash chat has been deleted. The default is “Message was removed”.
Allow users to edit chat messages – Select Course, Group, or Private to allow users to edit messages.
Messages can be edited for (minutes) – Set a specified time users can edit messages.
Notification Reminders & Recipients #
![Messaging for LearnDash settings for reminders.](https://honorswp.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/demo.honorswp.com_wp-admin_admin.php_pageldpm-settingsHigh-Resolution-5-1.png)
Enable Reminders – Toggle Yes to enable reminder notification emails to be sent to users of unread chats. Selecting No will result in reminder emails not being sent.
Notification Email – The custom default text is set to:
You have {total} unread messages on {site_name}. This is what appears in a user’s email inbox under the subject line.
The body of the email is set to: Hello {user_name}, You have {total} unread messages on {site_name}. Your messages can be reviewed from {site_link}.
Here is what the notification email looks like to users.
![Messaging for LearnDash notifcation email shown on Gmail account.](https://honorswp.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Screenshot-2023-06-21-163622.png)
![Messaging for LearnDash email showing what LearnDash users see.](https://honorswp.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Screenshot-2023-06-21-165356-1024x224.png)
Available tokens you can use in the notification email:
- {user_name} – This will display the user’s WordPress username in the email
- {total} – Displays the total number of unread messages
- {site_name} – Displays your site name in the notification email
- {site_link} – Shows the URL to your site
- {chat_page} – Displays the link to your page with the Messaging plugin shortcode embedded.
Time to send a reminder email after receiving a message – The default is set to 60 minutes but can set the reminder time to a minimum of one minute.
Link to your Chat page – This would be the page you’ve added the Messaging shortcode to. The link must be a relative path to the page. Do not add the entire URL in the Link to your Chat page area.
Include Conversation Links in email – Select Yes to automatically include the URL link that would take the user to the conversation
Twilio Settings – Enter your Account SID, Authentication Token, and the From Number to integrate with Twilio.
* Please Note * – If your notification emails are not sending or users are not receiving emails, please utilize the WP Mail SMTP plugin to see if emails are sending correctly.
Notification Recipients – You can also select who will receive chat messages.
![Messaging for LearnDash user notifcation options.](https://honorswp.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/HonorsWP_LearnDash_Private_Messaging_Notification_Recipients.png)
The default is set to All users. You can choose to specify which users receive chat notifications and who do not.
Hide Chat from Specific Courses, Groups, & Lessons #
You can disable chat from specific courses, groups, and lessons by selecting from the dropdown menu.
![Messaging for LearnDash settings for hiding chat option from courses, groups, and lessons.](https://honorswp.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Hide-Chat-1200x630-1.png)
Chat Dashboard Colors #
You can also select from 3 color modes including Light and Dark modes.
Both Light and Dark modes can be adjusted to better suit your website aesthetic or brand colors.
Default Color Mode
![Messaging for LearnDash color settings.](https://honorswp.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/HonorsWP_LearnDash_Private_Messaging_color_options_default.png)
Light Color Mode
![Messaging for LearnDash light mode setting.](https://honorswp.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/HonorsWP_LearnDash_Private_Messaging_Color_options_light_mode-1024x311.png)
Dark Color Mode
![Messaging for LearnDash dark mode setting.](https://honorswp.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/HonorsWP_LearnDash_Private_Messaging_Color_Options_Dark_Mode-1024x299.png)