Recipient is required when try to send a message

[basgrave]

When you go to the profile of a user and try to send them a message you will get the error recipient is required. I found out in the blocks/class-message-send-form.php it’s trying to gather the user_id from the request params, but the user_id isn’t set, the username is.

## Steps to reproduce

• Go to default user profile
• Try to send them a message

## Actual result

• Get error that recipient is not set

## Expected result
I would expect to be able to send a message

## Extra details
I’ve fixed it by retrieving the user_id by the username.

// Check if 'user_id' is in the request parameters.
$recipient = hivepress()->request->get_param( 'user_id' );

// If 'user_id' is missing, retrieve it from the 'username' parameter.
if ( empty( $recipient ) ) {
	$username = hivepress()->request->get_param( 'username' );

	if ( $username ) {
		$user = get_user_by( 'login', $username );

		if ( $user ) {
			$recipient = $user->ID;
		} else {
			error_log("Username '{$username}' not found.");
			$recipient = null;
		}
	}
}
	
if ( $recipient ) 
	$this->values['recipient'] = $recipient;

[andrii]

Hi,

We checked this issue from our side, and it seems okay. Please disable third-party plugins and customizations (if there are any) and check if this issue persists. If you use a caching plugin, make sure that caching is disabled for logged-in users. If this issue exists, please provide more details (e.g., your actions step by step with screenshots, screencast, etc.). This will help us to reproduce and resolve the issue faster.

[condorito.fr]

Hello,

I came across the same problem.
I provided a workaround here (basically output the HTML myself), as the recipient is not properly set, even though it exists and shows (debug info).

Hope this helps.