Title: wp_required_field_message
Published: November 2, 2022
Last modified: May 20, 2026

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# apply_filters( ‘wp_required_field_message’, string $message )

## In this article

 * [Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/wp_required_field_message/?output_format=md#parameters)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/wp_required_field_message/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/wp_required_field_message/?output_format=md#related)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/wp_required_field_message/?output_format=md#changelog)

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Filters the message to explain required form fields.

## 󠀁[Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/wp_required_field_message/?output_format=md#parameters)󠁿

 `$message`string

Message text and glyph wrapped in a `span` tag.

## 󠀁[Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/wp_required_field_message/?output_format=md#source)󠁿

    ```php
    return apply_filters( 'wp_required_field_message', $message );
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/general-template.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/7.0/src/wp-includes/general-template.php#L5418)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/7.0/src/wp-includes/general-template.php#L5418-L5418)

## 󠀁[Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/wp_required_field_message/?output_format=md#related)󠁿

| Used by | Description | 
| [wp_required_field_message()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_required_field_message/)`wp-includes/general-template.php` |

Creates a message to explain required form fields.

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## 󠀁[Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/wp_required_field_message/?output_format=md#changelog)󠁿

| Version | Description | 
| [6.1.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/6.1.0/) | Introduced. |

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