Title: Customize the error message
Last modified: May 29, 2019

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# Customize the error message

 *  Resolved [OreilleMalade](https://wordpress.org/support/users/oreillemalade/)
 * (@oreillemalade)
 * [7 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/customize-the-error-message/)
 * Hi,
 * I’d like to customize the error message.
 * People don’t understand they have to be friend with someone to be able to send
   him/her a message. So they get upset because they spent time writing a PM then
   think that there’s a bug. Some even create another account due to that and of
   course have the same thing happening to them.
 * Is there a way to customize the error message or at least to be able to have 
   another error message?
 * Best Regards
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fcustomize-the-error-message%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Plugin Author [Venutius](https://wordpress.org/support/users/venutius/)
 * (@venutius)
 * [7 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/customize-the-error-message/#post-11608931)
 * Hi Laurent,
 * This is an error message that is built into BuddyPress so the easiest way would
   be for you to create your own translation of the error message, see [https://codex.buddypress.org/translations/](https://codex.buddypress.org/translations/)
 * I find WPT Custom Mo File to be very useful for managing plugin translations.
   It keeps them all together and does not require FTP access to your server.
 *  Plugin Author [Venutius](https://wordpress.org/support/users/venutius/)
 * (@venutius)
 * [7 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/customize-the-error-message/#post-11608950)
 * Also this – [https://codex.buddypress.org/getting-started/customizing/customizing-labels-messages-and-urls/](https://codex.buddypress.org/getting-started/customizing/customizing-labels-messages-and-urls/)

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 * Last reply from: [Venutius](https://wordpress.org/support/users/venutius/)
 * Last activity: [7 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/customize-the-error-message/#post-11608950)
 * Status: resolved