Title: HTML5 required
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# HTML5 required

 *  Resolved [justinwhall](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jwind/)
 * (@jwind)
 * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/html5-required/)
 * The last field has the required=”required” attribute. This is set to NOT required
   in MC as the asterix implies.
 * [http://qbq.com/](http://qbq.com/)
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/mailchimp-for-wp/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/mailchimp-for-wp/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Danny van Kooten](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dvankooten/)
 * (@dvankooten)
 * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/html5-required/#post-6913227)
 * Hi Justin,
 * There are two ways to fix this.
 * 1. Manually remove the attribute from your form code, since you have full access
   to it.
    2. Remove the entire field from your form mark-up and re-add it using
   our Field Helper. Make sure to leave the “required” checkbox unchecked.
 * Backstory is that our Field Helper defaults to whether the field is required 
   by MailChimp. However, if you want you can mark a field as required even though
   it is optional in MailChimp, as this can be helpful.
 * Hope that helps. If not, let me know!
 *  Thread Starter [justinwhall](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jwind/)
 * (@jwind)
 * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/html5-required/#post-6913339)
 * Oh, missed the “forms” page. Changed it manually. Thank you much for your time!

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 * Last reply from: [justinwhall](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jwind/)
 * Last activity: [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/html5-required/#post-6913339)
 * Status: resolved