Title: Name attribute
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Name attribute

 *  [ahnkee](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ahnkee/)
 * (@ahnkee)
 * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/name-attribute/)
 * Is there a way to allow for spaces in the name attribute for input fields?
 * I’m using a form to post data to my CRM. My CRM requires the ‘name’ attributes
   to be specific. For example, I have a text field that has to have name=”First
   Name”.
 * Contact Form 7, by default, appears to erase any blank spaces and special characters.
 * I understand that it’s probably for security purposes, but is there any way I
   can disable that or get around it?
 * Thank you.
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/contact-form-7/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/contact-form-7/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Takayuki Miyoshi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/takayukister/)
 * (@takayukister)
 * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/name-attribute/#post-3267163)
 * You can’t use space characters in name attribute value according to [HTML specification](http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/types.html#type-id).
 *  Thread Starter [ahnkee](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ahnkee/)
 * (@ahnkee)
 * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/name-attribute/#post-3267174)
 * Hmm… Yeah I see what they say there.
 * Maybe it’s a HTML5 thing but I’m able to use a space. Once the data is posted,
   the space is replaced by + (so <input type=”text” name=”first name”>value</input
   > will post to &first+name=value).
 * If there isn’t a way to edit the plugin to allow for it, I guess I can use a 
   javascript to modify the name attribute.

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 * Last activity: [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/name-attribute/#post-3267174)
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