WPForms: Customize Inline Validation Error Messages
Replaces the default WPForms frontend validation messages (required field, invalid email, etc.) with custom branded copy, via the wpforms_frontend_strings filter.
PHPby SnipCraft
php
<?php
if ( function_exists( 'wpforms' ) && ! function_exists( 'scseed_wpf_custom_strings' ) ) {
/**
* Overrides WPForms frontend error strings.
* Only the keys listed here are changed; all others stay at their defaults.
* Run after init (priority 15) so WPForms has registered its own strings first.
*
* @param array $strings Existing frontend string definitions.
* @return array
*/
function scseed_wpf_custom_strings( $strings ) {
$strings['val_required'] = 'This field is required.';
$strings['val_url'] = 'Please enter a valid URL (https://...).';
$strings['val_email'] = 'Please enter a valid email address.';
$strings['val_email_suggestion'] = 'Did you mean {suggestion}?';
$strings['val_number'] = 'Please enter a valid number.';
$strings['val_recaptcha'] = 'Please verify you are not a robot.';
return $strings;
}
add_filter( 'wpforms_frontend_strings', 'scseed_wpf_custom_strings' );
}#error-messages#forms#ux#validation#wpforms