Title: Remove Placeholder Text
Last modified: August 24, 2016

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# Remove Placeholder Text

 *  Resolved [mulva](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mulva/)
 * (@mulva)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-placeholder-text-1/)
 * I’ve found the string in submission-form.php.
 * `<input name="user-submitted-name" type="text" value="" placeholder="<?php _e('
   Your Name', 'usp'); ?>"<?php echo $required; ?> class="usp-input">`
 * I can’t figure out what snippet needs to be removed to no longer have the placeholder
   there. I’ve tried deleting different things, but nothing seems to work when I
   upload back into FTP and refresh. Any insight would be appreciated!
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/user-submitted-posts/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/user-submitted-posts/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Jeff Starr](https://wordpress.org/support/users/specialk/)
 * (@specialk)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-placeholder-text-1/#post-5992948)
 * Is this for a custom template? If so, it sounds like maybe the setting to enable
   to custom templates is not enabled. Check the plugin settings for more infos.
 *  Thread Starter [mulva](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mulva/)
 * (@mulva)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-placeholder-text-1/#post-5992959)
 * It’s enabled to custom template. I was able to change the width of the other 
   fields, but can’t seem to get the placeholder to go away. I even removed a huge
   chunk of code just to see if it would make a difference and nothing changed.
 *  Plugin Author [Jeff Starr](https://wordpress.org/support/users/specialk/)
 * (@specialk)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-placeholder-text-1/#post-5992963)
 * Ah.. it could be the browser is adding its own placeholders.. normally to remove
   them you just need to remove the placeholder attribute from whichever field. 
   Check the markup and see if it includes the placeholder att, if it doesn’t then
   it most likely is the browser, or some theme JavaScript or something.

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 * Last reply from: [Jeff Starr](https://wordpress.org/support/users/specialk/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-placeholder-text-1/#post-5992963)
 * Status: resolved