Title: Fatal error in Forminator plugin Last modified: May 19, 2023 --- # Fatal error in Forminator plugin * Resolved [batova](https://wordpress.org/support/users/batova/) * (@batova) * [3 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-in-forminator-plugin/) * > Ошибка с типом `E_ERROR` возникла на строке `85` файла `/var/www/u2051509/data/ > www/incaider.ru/wp-content/plugins/forminator/library/fields/captcha.php`. > Сообщение об ошибке: `Uncaught ValueError: Unknown format specifier " " in / > var/www/u2051509/data/www/incaider.ru/wp-content/plugins/forminator/library/ > fields/captcha.php:85 Stack trace: #0 /var/www/u2051509/data/www/incaider.ru/ > wp-content/plugins/forminator/library/fields/captcha.php(85): sprintf('\xD0\ > xAD\xD1\x82\xD0\xBE\xD1\x82 \xD1\x81\xD0\xB0\xD0\xB9...', '[') #1 /var/www/u2051509/data/www/incaider.ru/wp-content/plugins/forminator/library/abstracts/abstract-class-field.php(128): Forminator_Captcha->defaults() #2 /var/www/u2051509/data/www/incaider.ru/wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php(308): Forminator_Field->admin_init_field('') #3 /var/www/u2051509/data/www/incaider.ru/wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php(332): WP_Hook->apply_filters(NULL, Array) #4 /var/www/u2051509/data/www/incaider.ru/wp-includes/plugin.php(517): WP_Hook->do_action(Array) #5 /var/www/u2051509/data/www/incaider.ru/wp-admin/admin.php(175): do_action('admin_init') #6 /var/www/u2051509/data/www/incaider.ru/wp-admin/plugins.php(10): require_once('/var/www/u20515...') #7 {main} thrown](https://incaider.ru/wp-admin/...',%20'%3Ca%20href=)` > Hi, please help and resolve this issue. Viewing 13 replies - 1 through 13 (of 13 total) * [schwingen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pancheshnyi/) * (@pancheshnyi) * [3 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-in-forminator-plugin/#post-16751872) * Identical error. Please fix asap. Thanks! * Details below (sorry, some text is in Cyrillic): * Подробности ошибки===================================Ошибка с типом E_ERROR возникла на строке 85 файла …/wp-content/plugins/forminator/library/fields/captcha. php. Сообщение об ошибке: Uncaught ValueError: Unknown format specifier ” ” in…/ wp-content/plugins/forminator/library/fields/captcha.php:85Stack trace:#0 …/wp- content/plugins/forminator/library/fields/captcha.php(85): sprintf(‘\xD0\xAD\ xD1\x82\xD0\xBE\xD1\x82 \xD1\x81\xD0\xB0\xD0\xB9…’, ‘ * Plugin Support [Nebu John – WPMU DEV Support](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpmudevsupport14/) * (@wpmudevsupport14) * [3 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-in-forminator-plugin/#post-16751921) * Hi [@batova](https://wordpress.org/support/users/batova/), * Sorry to know that you are experiencing this issue. * However, I was unable to replicate this at my end using a test website. Can you please share an export of the form that you noticed the issue with so that we could check this at our end? Please use a service like pastebin.com or Google Drive to share the export of the file. * I hope the following documentation comes in handy: [https://wpmudev.com/docs/wpmu-dev-plugins/forminator/#import-export](https://wpmudev.com/docs/wpmu-dev-plugins/forminator/#import-export) * [@pancheshnyi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pancheshnyi/) Wouldn’t you mind please open a separate ticket so that we could help you further? * Kind Regards, Nebu John * Thread Starter [batova](https://wordpress.org/support/users/batova/) * (@batova) * [3 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-in-forminator-plugin/#post-16751974) * Hi, Nebu John. Thank you for your reply. I couldn’t export any form because the issue that I mentioned does not relate to the form but relates to the Forminator plugin itself. I can’t even use Forminator plugin. * Best regards, * Nataly Batova * [schwingen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pancheshnyi/) * (@pancheshnyi) * [3 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-in-forminator-plugin/#post-16751991) * Sorry, I have no time now and had to make a quick fix in plugins/forminator/library/ fields/captcha.php:85, see below in **bold**. It seems to fix the problem. Can it be due to Russification that seems to be the case for Nataly as well? * ```wp-block-code /** * Field defaults * * @since 1.0 * @return array */ public function defaults() { return array( 'captcha_provider' => 'recaptcha', 'captcha_type' => 'v2_checkbox', 'hcaptcha_type' => 'hc_checkbox', 'score_threshold' => '0.5', 'captcha_badge' => 'bottomright', 'hc_invisible_notice' => '', 'recaptcha_error_message' => esc_html__( 'reCAPTCHA verification failed. Please try again.', 'forminator' ), 'hcaptcha_error_message' => esc_html__( 'hCaptcha verification failed. Please try again.', 'forminator' ), ); } ``` * [fidukoff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fidukoff/) * (@fidukoff) * [3 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-in-forminator-plugin/#post-16752577) * I have the same error on my websites, also Russian 🙁 * The correction from [@pancheshnyi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pancheshnyi/) didn’t help 🙁 * Plugin Support [Nebu John – WPMU DEV Support](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpmudevsupport14/) * (@wpmudevsupport14) * [3 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-in-forminator-plugin/#post-16753128) * Hi [@batova](https://wordpress.org/support/users/batova/), * > I couldn’t export any form because the issue that I mentioned does not relate > to the form but relates to the Forminator plugin itself. * Thank you for providing additional details. Since I wasn’t able to reproduce the issue on my end, it’s possible that there is a conflict with a plugin, theme, or server configuration that is causing the problem. Can you please perform a complete conflict test and let us know the results so that we could help you further? * I hope the following flowchart comes in handy: [https://wpmudev.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Support-Process-Support-Process.gif](https://wpmudev.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Support-Process-Support-Process.gif) * [@fidukoff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fidukoff/) It is recommended not to modify the plugin files without identifying the exact cause of the issue. Can you please open a separate ticket so that we could help you better? * Kind Regards, Nebu John * Thread Starter [batova](https://wordpress.org/support/users/batova/) * (@batova) * [3 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-in-forminator-plugin/#post-16753411) * Hi, Nebu John, * thank you for your reply. I ran the conflict test following the instructions that you provided in the flowchart. But everything remained the same. I had to go for another form builder. * Sorry, I really liked working with Forminator. * Best regards, * Nataly Batova * [fidukoff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fidukoff/) * (@fidukoff) * [3 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-in-forminator-plugin/#post-16754987) * The problem with the plugin was solved by changing the site language to English. Formator does not work if the Russian language for the site is set. * [Kris – WPMU DEV Support](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpmudevsupport13/) * (@wpmudevsupport13) * [3 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-in-forminator-plugin/#post-16756759) * Hi [@batova](https://wordpress.org/support/users/batova/) * We are aware now of that bug and our developers are working on a fix which will be available in next update. We apologize for the inconvenience. * Kind Regards, Kris * [Alex 六十 Karpov](https://wordpress.org/support/users/justsmilepeople/) * (@justsmilepeople) * [2 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-in-forminator-plugin/#post-16823511) * Damn! Because Russian language is switched on? Why? What about other languages? * Probably you looking for: * $ `wp language core activate en_US` - This reply was modified 2 years, 11 months ago by [Alex 六十 Karpov](https://wordpress.org/support/users/justsmilepeople/). * Plugin Support [Laura – WPMU DEV Support](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpmudev-support8/) * (@wpmudev-support8) * [2 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-in-forminator-plugin/#post-16824163) * Hi [@justsmilepeople](https://wordpress.org/support/users/justsmilepeople/) * This has nothing to do directly with language being Russian but to the character encoding of some of Cyrillic characters – which happen to be used in Russian. * It’s character encoding related and it is a bug in the plugin already known to our developers. I don’t have ETA yet but there will be a fix included in one of future releases. * Kind regards, Adam * [Alex 六十 Karpov](https://wordpress.org/support/users/justsmilepeople/) * (@justsmilepeople) * [2 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-in-forminator-plugin/#post-16828740) * Thank you for quick reply. If you will know how to fix that issue even before update, kindly let us know. that mean we can still use fulminator instead build in kadence-forms. Thank you for understanding * Plugin Support [Laura – WPMU DEV Support](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpmudev-support8/) * (@wpmudev-support8) * [2 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-in-forminator-plugin/#post-16829811) * Hi [@justsmilepeople](https://wordpress.org/support/users/justsmilepeople/) * Unfortunately, I don’t have solution for now, I’m sincerely sorry about that. * I understand that it’s a major issue and I hope our Forminator Team will be able to sort it out soon but as of now – I’m afraid we need to wait for the fix to be included in one of upcoming releases (I don’t have an ETA yet, unfortunately). * Kind regards, Adam Viewing 13 replies - 1 through 13 (of 13 total) The topic ‘Fatal error in Forminator plugin’ is closed to new replies. * ![](https://ps.w.org/forminator/assets/icon-256x256.gif?rev=3443182) * [Forminator Forms – Contact Form, Payment Form & Custom Form Builder](https://wordpress.org/plugins/forminator/) * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/forminator/#faq) * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/forminator/) * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/forminator/active/) * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/forminator/unresolved/) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/forminator/reviews/) * 13 replies * 7 participants * Last reply from: [Laura – WPMU DEV Support](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpmudev-support8/) * Last activity: [2 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-in-forminator-plugin/#post-16829811) * Status: resolved