In this tutorial, you will learn how to change the default Web Form For Marketers (WFFM) required field validation message in Sitecore CMS. Updating the default required field message in Sitecore is very simple 🔥🔥🔥. To update the message, you will need to update WFFM NotEmpty item. You can find the NotEmpty item within the content editor here:

After opening NotEmpty, it should look a bit like this:

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In the 'Error Message' field, simply update the text to whatever suits your requirements, save the item and publish it. If you prefer to only change the message on a certain field type, like the single text field you can also do this:

Find the field type item that you want to update, for example, Single Line Text' then modify the Localized Parameters field. My one looks like this:

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From here updating the validation messages should be obvious.


Happy Coding 🤘