The discussion centers around the Kinder Guardian plugin, which enables new members to privately message staff members via staff user cards or profile pages — but not non-staff users, nor from their own profile page, nor if messaging is globally disabled. Mittineague explains the plugin’s current simplicity and invites contributions, while noting plans to integrate the feature into Discourse core as a site setting, per sam. fefrei praises the plugin and suggests core inclusion. jomaxro questions why messaging from a user’s own profile is disallowed and asks if group-based messaging (e.g., @moderators) is supported; Mittineague clarifies the plugin’s current scope and encourages PRs. jomaxro admits lacking technical skills to contribute but hopes for future expansion once in core. nexo reports a potential bug — images show an unexpected UI behavior — persisting even in safe mode with all unofficial plugins disabled, despite running the latest Discourse version. The plugin is tagged as broken, suggesting unresolved issues despite its intended functionality.
Without this plugin, New members can only contact Staff by email or by replying to their Welcome message
This plugin allows them to message Staff from either
It does not
This is really nice to have – thanks a lot! 
I think this feature would also fit nicely into core, hidden behind a site setting.
I think this is fine as a site setting if you want to do a PR @Mittineague
@Mittineague, does this allow messages to @moderators, @admins, or @staff if enabled via group settings?
I am also curious as to why this is not allowed:
Why is a user allowed to click on my avatar and click message on my User Card, but can’t send a message directly to me from their profile?
In it’s present form it is only a very simple plugin.
It replaces the Guardian class can_send_private_message method with one that has a modified conditional testing for target.staff?
Feel free to fork or make a PR if you would like.
PRs are more than welcome.
- But - as Sam has said it would be acceptable to make this a Site Setting PR to Core, that is where I’ll be focusing my efforts at developing this further rather than to make it into a more complex plugin..
Unfortunately, I don’t have the skills to fork/PR this plugin. Perhaps once it is in Core as a site setting, @sam would be open expanding it a bit.
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