# Alternative User PMs Button For Admin **URL:** \ **Category:** Theme component\ **Created:** [April 7, 2023, 3:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/alternative-user-pms-button-for-admin/260952 "2023-04-07T15:52:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 1
**Author:** ![Arkshine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/arkshine/32/298682_2.png) [@Arkshine](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Arkshine)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2023, 3:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/alternative-user-pms-button-for-admin/260952/1 "2023-04-07T15:52:16Z")
| | | | | --- | --- | --- | | ℹ | **Summary** | Change how an admin accesses users’ PMs | | 🛠 | **Repository** | [https://github.com/Arkshine/discourse-alt-user-pms-button-for-admin](https://github.com/Arkshine/discourse-alt-user-pms-button-for-admin) | | ❓ | **Install Guide** | [How to install a theme or theme component](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-install-a-theme-or-theme-component/63682) | | 📖 | **New to Discourse Themes?** | [Beginner’s guide to using Discourse Themes](https://meta.discourse.org/t/beginners-guide-to-using-discourse-themes/91966) | Install this theme component A small Discourse theme component for Admins that moves the 📧 Messages button from public users’ profiles to the user admin page as a 📧 Show Messages button, keeping the intent in a proper admin context. ![demo](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/7/f/9/7f9ae73b61c6c4d84849aeec84f068285a1c6ace.gif) This theme component was created as a feature request from this topic: [Add a warning when checking personal messages from a user public profile, as an admin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-a-warning-when-checking-direct-messages-from-a-user-public-profile-as-an-admin/215630). > ℹ Don’t forget to reload the page after activating the component to see the change. --- _[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/alternative-user-pms-button-for-admin/260952)._