Edit Private Messages
Allows users to edit their private messages with advanced features.
Project Details
Edit Private Messages
Overview The PM Edit Plugin allows users to edit private messages after sending or receiving them. Includes edit history, moderator hard editing, and admin log management.
Main Features User Features
Requirements
Plugin Settings
Database Changes New Columns in privatemessages Table
File Structure
Templates Created
Admin Tools Access: Admin CP → Tools → PM Edit Logs
How It Works Quick Edit
Overview The PM Edit Plugin allows users to edit private messages after sending or receiving them. Includes edit history, moderator hard editing, and admin log management.
Main Features User Features
- Edit Received PMs
- Edit Sent PMs
- Quick Edit (AJAX inline editing)
- Full Edit (edit subject + message)
- Edit History with word-level difference view
- "Last Edited By" notice
- Optional Edit Reason field
- Configurable time limit for editing
- Hard Edit (edit recipient copy of sent PM)
- Admin Control Panel logs
- Bulk delete logs
- Automatic weekly log pruning
Requirements
- MyBB 1.8.x
- PluginLibrary (recommended)
Plugin Settings
- Enable PM Editing — Turn feature on/off globally
- Edit Time Limit — Minutes allowed to edit (0 = unlimited)
- Allowed Usergroups — Select usergroups allowed to edit PMs
- Allow Editing Received PMs — Yes / No
- Allow Editing Sent PMs — Yes / No
- Allow Hard Editing — Edit recipient copy as well
- Hard Edit Allowed Groups — Mods / Admins
- Track Edit History — Save previous versions
- Show Edit Notice — Display "Last Edited By"
- Allow Edit Reason — Enable reason field
- Max Edit History Entries — Limit history (0 = unlimited)
- Excluded Folders — Default: Drafts (3), Trash (4)
Database Changes New Columns in privatemessages Table
- edituid
- edittime
- editreason
- pm_conversation_key
Code:
hid
pmid
uid
edituid
original_subject
original_message
edited_subject
edited_message
editreason
dateline
ipaddressFile Structure
Code:
inc/plugins/
├── pm_edit.php
└── PM_Edit/
├── install.php
├── uninstall.php
├── database.sql
├── settings.json
├── Functions/
├── Templates/
└── Assets/
inc/languages/english/
├── pm_edit.lang.php
└── admin/pm_edit.lang.php
inc/tasks/
└── pm_edit_prune_logs.phpTemplates Created
- pm_edit_button
- pm_edit_form
- pm_edit_reason_field
- pm_edit_history
- pm_edit_history_item
- pm_edit_history_empty
- pm_edit_history_link
- pm_edit_notice
- postbit
- postbit_classic
- private_read
Admin Tools Access: Admin CP → Tools → PM Edit Logs
- View edit history
- Compare original vs edited content
- Delete individual logs
- Bulk delete selected logs
- Delete all logs
How It Works Quick Edit
- Click Edit button
- Select Quick Edit
- Edit inline
- Save via AJAX
- Click Full Edit
- Edit subject and message
- Submit changes
- Edits sender and recipient copies
- Uses conversation key linking
- Logs history for both copies
- Stores previous versions
- Shows timestamps
- Highlights added and removed words
Developed by PARADOX
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