Customising form validation (Error) Message

• mingyeungs

• September 19, 2019 at 2:05 pm

Hi,

I’m using the acf_form() function to render a frontend form, however I need to customise the validation error message that says Validation failed. X fields require attention, and cannot find a way to do so without hacking the code.

The error message is generated in the showErrors() function inside acf-input.js – are there any hooks to filter the message? Or any actions that will be triggered when ACF notice is updated?

Thanks!

• cermix

• May 20, 2020 at 6:01 am

It is possible to change general messages in custom javascript code e.g.:

acfL10n['Validation failed'] = 'My validation message';
acfL10n['1 field requires attention'] = 'One invalid field';
acfL10n['%d fields require attention'] = 'More invalid fields';

I haven’t found better way.