Title: Error Message Not Appearing
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Error Message Not Appearing

 *  [Jeremy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jeremypthompsongmailcom/)
 * (@jeremypthompsongmailcom)
 * [14 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-message-not-appearing/)
 * Hi,
 * This is a great plugin – thanks for creating it!
 * I’ve been able to do everything successfully except that error messages never
   appear when user misses fields. The page just refreshes/resets and nothing happens.
 * Any ideas?
 * Thanks!
    Jeremy

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 *  Plugin Author [Taylor Lovett](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tlovett1/)
 * (@tlovett1)
 * [14 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-message-not-appearing/#post-2259061)
 * Please provide a link to the problem.
 *  [silverflame757](https://wordpress.org/support/users/silverflame757/)
 * (@silverflame757)
 * [14 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-message-not-appearing/#post-2259062)
 * I’ve been testing this on posts/pages and as a widget and I notice that the error
   page never appears and just refreshes the page when the Custom Contact Form widget
   is used. JavaScript error handling would be best in this case.
 *  [silverflame757](https://wordpress.org/support/users/silverflame757/)
 * (@silverflame757)
 * [14 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-message-not-appearing/#post-2259063)
 * Another thing that doesn’t work when using the Custom Contact Form widget is 
   permissions for who can view the form. Even when no one, even admin, is given
   permissions to view the form.
 *  [Andreas Wienes](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andreasscheibe/)
 * (@andreasscheibe)
 * [14 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-message-not-appearing/#post-2259076)
 * > I’ve been able to do everything successfully except that error messages never
   > appear when user misses fields. The page just refreshes/resets and nothing 
   > happens.
 * I got the same problem. Any solutions?
 *  [44db](https://wordpress.org/support/users/44db/)
 * (@44db)
 * [14 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-message-not-appearing/#post-2259099)
 * > I’ve been able to do everything successfully except that error messages never
   > appear when user misses fields. The page just refreshes/resets and nothing 
   > happens.
 * Same here
 *  [semyl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/semyl/)
 * (@semyl)
 * [14 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-message-not-appearing/#post-2259102)
 * I noticed the same problem – I think on a previous version of the plugin which
   I had installed on another site it went to a page which told you which fields
   were missed, and you could go back to fill it in. Actually not the most ideal
   error message – a pop-up like the success but saying it is a failure would be
   the best thing.
 *  [sound4sites](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sound4sites/)
 * (@sound4sites)
 * [14 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-message-not-appearing/#post-2259118)
 * I encounter the same problem. I did some research:
 * The error messages do show up in the source code of the page.
 *     ```
       <meta name="description" content="Error message: You left this field blank:..." />
       ```
   
 * Second thing i noticed: When you use this form in a widget; the errormessages**
   do** show up. They show on a seperate page.
 * I am not a coding genius, so I am not sure how to fix it; but maybe someone can,
   with these tips/hints.
 *  [sound4sites](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sound4sites/)
 * (@sound4sites)
 * [14 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-message-not-appearing/#post-2259125)
 * I found the answer: the description needs to be filled out for the page you are
   showing the form on. If it is filled: then the error message appears too.
 * I came to this conclusion when using a Search Engine Optimizer (Gregs High Performance
   SEO) which let me fill in the Head Description on every page. When i filled that
   in: the error message appeared.
 * You can probably resolve it easier by adding
 *     ```
       <meta name="description" content="this is my blog" />
       ```
   
 * to the page itself

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