Title: Custom Error Message
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Custom Error Message

 *  [mdurchholz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mdurchholz/)
 * (@mdurchholz)
 * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-error-message-2/)
 * I’ve looked through many questions on others asking the same thing here and they
   all say to change the messages in the .mo and .po files. However, nothing I did
   affected it. Any help or guidance?
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 *  [miceman18](https://wordpress.org/support/users/miceman18/)
 * (@miceman18)
 * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-error-message-2/#post-4103375)
 * Hey Mdurchholz,
 * You can find the error messages in this file mailchimp/mailchimp.php
 * Just search for the error message and replace the wording with the one you want.
   I had to do it this way in order to get a proper spanish translation of the error
   message.
 * I hope this helps.
 * Thanks
 *  [mc_tak](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mc_tak/)
 * (@mc_tak)
 * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-error-message-2/#post-4103439)
 * Hey all,
 * Thanks for posting. Editing the PO files should allow you to control the copy
   associated with the majority of errors that come with the signup form. So that
   we can further investigate, can you confirm for us the specific error message(
   s) you’re looking to translate?
 * Can you also confirm which specific PO file you edited, and if you generated 
   a corresponding updated MO file after you made the translations? A program like
   Poedit should generate a MO file on-save, and you’ll want to ensure that you 
   update BOTH of those files on your host. Additionally, what’s the name of your
   MO and PO files, and can you confirm what’s set for your ‘WPLANG’ in your wp-
   config.php file?

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 * Last reply from: [mc_tak](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mc_tak/)
 * Last activity: [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-error-message-2/#post-4103439)
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