gform_user_registration_validation_message

• Description
• Usage
• Parameters
• Examples
• Customize the "username already registered" message.
• Placement
• Source Code

Description

The gform_user_registration_validation_message filter allows developers to customize the default validation message.

Usage

Applies to all forms.

add_filter( 'gform_user_registration_validation_message', 'your_function_name', 10, 2 );

Parameters

Examples

Customize the “username already registered” message.

This example checks which message is passed through the filter and modifies that message when the correct validation message is found.

add_filter( 'gform_user_registration_validation_message', 'update_validation_msgs', 10, 2 );
function update_validation_msgs( $message, $form ) {

	if ( $message == 'This username is already registered' ) {
		$message = "We're sorry, this username is already registered. Try submitting with a different username.";
	}

	return $message;
}

Placement

This code can be used in the functions.php file of the active theme, a custom functions plugin, a custom add-on, or with a code snippets plugin.

See also the PHP section in this article: Where Do I Put This Code?

Source Code

$field->validation_message = apply_filters( 'gform_user_registration_validation_message', $message, $form );

This filter is located in GF_User_Registration::add_validation_error() in class-gf-user-registration.php.