Title: Getting wrong validation message (file size maximum) Last modified: September 17, 2018 --- # Getting wrong validation message (file size maximum) * [tracihoff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tracihoff/) * (@tracihoff) * [7 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/getting-wrong-validation-message-file-size-maximum/) * This is an “internal” page, so I cannot share the link. * I’ve created a form for file uploads. I’ve set the file size limit at 2mb. When I exceed the 2mb limit for testing purposes, I get “The field is required” error messages on all fields. But I do not get the “file size exceeded” message. * This is the code: * * * * [file your-file limit:2mb filetypes:.jpg|.eps] * [recaptcha] * [submit “Upload”] - This topic was modified 7 years, 9 months ago by [tracihoff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tracihoff/). The topic ‘Getting wrong validation message (file size maximum)’ is closed to new replies. * ![](https://ps.w.org/contact-form-7/assets/icon.svg?rev=2339255) * [Contact Form 7](https://wordpress.org/plugins/contact-form-7/) * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/contact-form-7/#faq) * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/contact-form-7/) * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/contact-form-7/active/) * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/contact-form-7/unresolved/) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/contact-form-7/reviews/) ## Tags * [validation](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/validation/) * 0 replies * 1 participant * Last reply from: [tracihoff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tracihoff/) * Last activity: [7 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/getting-wrong-validation-message-file-size-maximum/) * Status: not resolved