Social & Messaging Settings

Access these settings at WPMediaVerse > Settings > Social.

These settings control who can send direct messages and online presence visibility.

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Direct Messages

Option	Key	Default	Description
Who Can Send DMs	mvs_dm_access	everyone	Controls who is allowed to send direct messages to other users on the site. Options: everyone, followers (people who follow the recipient; others go to Requests), mutual (only mutual followers), nobody (DMs disabled).
Minimum Account Age (days)	mvs_dm_min_age	0	Number of days a user account must exist before that user can initiate new conversations. Set to 0 to disable the restriction.
Online Status Visibility	mvs_show_online_status	everyone	Who can see when a user is currently online in the messaging interface. Options: everyone, followers, nobody.
Chat Panel Visibility	mvs_chat_panel_visibility	everywhere	Where the floating chat panel renders. Options: everywhere, mvs_pages (WPMediaVerse pages only - Explore, Dashboard, Albums, Member Profiles), bp_pages (BuddyPress member + group pages only), disabled. For code-level overrides, hook into the mvs_should_render_chat_panel filter - return false to suppress the panel on a specific request.

Setting Who Can Send DMs here applies site-wide. Users cannot override this individually at this time.

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Defining Options via wp-config.php

You can lock any Social setting as a constant to prevent admin changes:

// wp-config.php
define( 'MVS_DM_ACCESS', 'followers' );        // Lock DM access to followers only.
define( 'MVS_DM_MIN_AGE', 7 );                 // Require 7-day-old accounts to send DMs.
define( 'MVS_SHOW_ONLINE_STATUS', false );      // Disable online status site-wide.

When a constant is detected, the corresponding field on the settings page is shown as read-only.