Same problem here. I even install Google Capcha & it still says configuration errors-two for each form.
@fernweh01 – If you can provide the contents of the From & Mail sections of your form, I’ll be happy help with your particular problem, if you want to pursue this further.
Thanks, Buzztone. I appreciate your input.
This is what my Form section looks like:
<p>Your Name (required)
[text* your-name akismet:author] </p>
<p>Your Email (required)
[email* your-email akismet:author_email] </p>
<p>Subject
[text your-subject] </p>
<p>Your Message
[textarea your-message] </p>
<p>[submit “Send”]</p>
And this is my Mail section:
To: Has my .com email address
From: [your-name] <My email address again>
Subject: [your-subject]
This field can be empty depending on user input.
Additional Headers: Reply-To: [your-email]
Message Body: From: [your-name] <[your-email]>
Subject: [your-subject]
The Configuration Validator is warning you that using [your-subject] as the Subject field is risky. This can cause problems if the user does not supply a value.
It’s important to realize that when a from gets submitted you are sending a regular email – but you are doing it from WordPress via PHP on your server.
Just like normal emails your form email needs a valid To: From: and Subject: field.
If the user does not supply a value then you are trying to send a email without a Subject and it’s likely that Contact Form 7 won’t be able to send the email.
Instead use something like Subject: Site Name - [your-subject] so the Subject is not empty if form user doesn’t supply a value.
Or alternatively use `[text* your-subject] to make the field required.
Note that if you don’t deal with the issue your form users would likely to see “Failed to send your message. Please try later or contact the administrator by another method.” message if they don’t fill in the Subject field .
That is likely to confuse many people submitting your form. Because you haven’t made Subject a required field they won’t get any advice on what they have done wrong.
Ah, interesting! Thanks a lot, Buzztone! I updated it to make the field required, and voila! Configuration error message is now gone. Thanks, again!
