Title: Validation issue with MailChimp
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Validation issue with MailChimp

 *  Resolved [GregF](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gregf/)
 * (@gregf)
 * [13 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/validation-issue-with-mailchimp/)
 * My MailChimp form requires first and last names. If someone doesn’t enter these
   in the plugin, it still sends the values “First Name…” and “Last Name…” to MailChimp,
   which of course accepts them. Is there any way to resolve this? Thanks.
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 *  Plugin Author [Brandon Kraft](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kraftbj/)
 * (@kraftbj)
 * Code Wrangler
 * [13 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/validation-issue-with-mailchimp/#post-3592376)
 * Hey Greg,
 * Thanks for reporting this; this is a new bug. Let me see if I can work something
   out on it.
 * Without testing, I’m going to look at adding a check that if the default values
   are still present, to clear them out on submit, so that MailChimp’s validation
   would then kick in.
 *  Plugin Author [Brandon Kraft](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kraftbj/)
 * (@kraftbj)
 * Code Wrangler
 * [13 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/validation-issue-with-mailchimp/#post-3592388)
 * Got it working. In a short bit, you’ll see version 1.1.2 available for download
   in your Dashboard. This adds code to clear out any default text from the name
   fields on submit, so they’ll return to MailChimp as blank and trigger validation
   there.
 * Does that work for you?
 * Cheers!
 *  Thread Starter [GregF](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gregf/)
 * (@gregf)
 * [13 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/validation-issue-with-mailchimp/#post-3592392)
 * That works great! Thank you for the fast response. The update hasn’t shown up
   in the Dashboard yet but I’ll keep an eye out for it.
 *  Thread Starter [GregF](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gregf/)
 * (@gregf)
 * [13 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/validation-issue-with-mailchimp/#post-3592393)
 * Just showed up and works exactly as expected. Thanks again.

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 * Last reply from: [GregF](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gregf/)
 * Last activity: [13 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/validation-issue-with-mailchimp/#post-3592393)
 * Status: resolved