# Add a "Personal Message" button on Post

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-a-personal-message-button-on-post/186183
**Category:** Feature
**Tags:** personal-messages
**Created:** [April 9, 2021, 9:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-a-personal-message-button-on-post/186183 "2021-04-09T09:55:19Z")
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### Author: ![sallypf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c57346/32.png) [@sallypf](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sallypf)
#### Post date: [June 7, 2025, 3:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-a-personal-message-button-on-post/186183/9 "2025-06-07T15:47:19Z")

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Hello, I can see that you now maintain this plugin on github?  
[https://github.com/lhkjacky/discourse-pm-topic-author](https://github.com/lhkjacky/discourse-pm-topic-author)

I’ve installed the plugin but it doesn’t seem to work. Firstly the on button is greyed on Plugins page, see below. Not sure what it means?

 ![The image shows a settings page title 'Pm topic author' with a small checkbox beside the name 'Robert B' in a dynamic user interface. (Captioned by AI)](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/9/1/8/9181dc61c4b3fdab4b258a185fce07094e52eaff.png)

Next, setting values doesn’t show button next to user’s name.

Does this plugin still work? Can we make it work?

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