Hello @iwdesignandprint,
Right now there is no option/setting to remove that verification.
Here’s a dirty solution (that will not be overwritten everytime you update the plugin):
1. copy maintenance.php from plugin’s folder /views/ sub-directory to /wp-content/wp-maintenance-mode.php
2. edit /wp-content/wp-maintenance-mode.php and replace this:
<p><textarea placeholder="<?php _e('Your message', $this->plugin_slug); ?>" data-rule-required="true" data-msg-required="<?php esc_attr_e('This field is required.', $this->plugin_slug); ?>" name="content" class="content_textarea"></textarea></p>
with this:
<p><textarea placeholder="<?php _e('Your message', $this->plugin_slug); ?>" data-rule-required="true" data-msg-required="<?php esc_attr_e('This field is required.', $this->plugin_slug); ?>" name="content" class="content_textarea" style="display:none;">-</textarea></p>
This way the message textarea will be hidden.
Thanks.
Thread Starter
Rubbish
(@iwdesignandprint)
Hi George,
Many many thanks for your reply and yes it does hide the ‘message box’ but sadly the form will not ‘send’ and I get a pop up box saying “All fields required.” I presume the validator is still expecting the ‘message’ box (although hidden) to have content?
In the WP Maintenance Mode Plugin folder assets / js there is a file titled “jquery.validate.js” but I have absolutely NO IDEA if this is the right file to amend or even how to amend it?
Regards
Martin
You’re welcome. Are you sure you replaced the code as I said? Because the textarea is not empty (contains a hyphen)… So the client-side validation (also the server-side validation) should pass.
I don’t recommend to edit any js file because it will be overwritten everytime the plugin is updated.
Thread Starter
Rubbish
(@iwdesignandprint)
Oh George you are the cats whiskers! Yes you hit the nail on the head I must have deleted the hyphen thinking it was there in error but as soon as I put it back it validates and sends!
Thank you so much for your time.
Regards
Martin
