Title: Empty message body
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Empty message body

 *  [joeshock](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joeshock/)
 * (@joeshock)
 * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/empty-message-body/)
 * I’ve found that if the message body is blank the form will fail on submit. Just
   fixed mine by simply adding a message body of course but It may be a topic of
   confusion for others because the error message doesn’t mention this. Typically
   the error message received is “Failed to send your message. Please try later 
   or contact the administrator by another method.” A recommendation for improvement
   might be to add a space by default to the message body if it’s cleared out or
   prompt a more appropriate error message if possible.
 * [An example of possibly the confusion at this link](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-contact-form-7-not-working-with-wordpress-34?replies=30)
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## Tags

 * [error messages](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/error-messages/)
 * [improvements](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/improvements/)
 * [message body](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/message-body/)
 * [usability](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/usability/)

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 * Last reply from: [joeshock](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joeshock/)
 * Last activity: [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/empty-message-body/)
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