Title: Optional Field issue Last modified: January 22, 2021 --- # Optional Field issue * Resolved [raeast](https://wordpress.org/support/users/raeast/) * (@raeast) * [5 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/optional-field-issue/) * I’ve just installed and started to learn about your Forminator plugin.. So it seems really good.. However, on the first simple form I’ve built (designed for users to submit a calendar entry) a field I’ve set as option (end time in the above link) acts like a required field. Any ideas why this is? * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Foptional-field-issue%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US) to see the link]_ Viewing 9 replies - 1 through 9 (of 9 total) * Plugin Support [Dimitris – WPMU DEV Support](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpmudev-support6/) * (@wpmudev-support6) * [5 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/optional-field-issue/#post-13947483) * Hello there [@raeast](https://wordpress.org/support/users/raeast/) * I just tested that by sending a testing submission, without touching the End Time and it seems that it worked well. Were you able to surpass this? Please advise! 🙂 * Take care, Dimitris * Thread Starter [raeast](https://wordpress.org/support/users/raeast/) * (@raeast) * [5 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/optional-field-issue/#post-13947539) * Hi.. Just noticed you had checked this.. I was ‘playing’ around with the form earlier today to see if I could fix it but it created another inconsistency.. I’ve just deleted then re-entered the two time fields into the form and set start time as required input (you can see the red *). If you now press the send button without entering any data you can see that all the required fields EXCEPT Start time are highlighted as required. This is the reverse of the original problem which was the end time was set as optional but input was required? Strange problem.. Any ideas? Thanks! * Plugin Support [Jair – WPMU DEV Support](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpmudevsupport15/) * (@wpmudevsupport15) * [5 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/optional-field-issue/#post-13950001) * Hey there [@raeast](https://wordpress.org/support/users/raeast/) thank you for following up. * I was wondering if you can share the settings you have on that field? From what I can tell the field is being pre-populated, or it has a default time added which basically means that the field already is “filled” that’s why you are not getting the required message. * If you don’t have this field with a default, or it’s pre-populated then you should receive the required message, so what you could use instead is the placeholder. * Looking forward to your reply. * Regards, * Jorge * Thread Starter [raeast](https://wordpress.org/support/users/raeast/) * (@raeast) * [5 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/optional-field-issue/#post-13952256) * Hi Thanks again for your swift response.. I’ve copied/pasted from the Start Time Field Settings below. **Highlighted** are the only options I’ve set…I’ve not pre-populated the field (I don’t really understand how that’s set anyway) * Require Force users to fill out this field, otherwise it will be optional. Optional** Required** Error message **Please Enter a start time** Increments Choose what time increments you want to use for the hour and minute timepickers. **Hour 1 Minute 15 Limits Choose a time limit for the time picker field to restrict the time selection between specific hours. Specific Hours None Default time Use this feature to specify a default selected time. Default None Pre-populate You can pre-populate this field dynamically using the query parameter passed in your form URL. Enter the query parameter key to fetch its value from your form URL below. Query parameter (optional) E.g. query_parameter_key Note: The query parameter’s value passed in URL should match with the selected time format. * Plugin Support [Imran – WPMU DEV Support](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpmudev-support9/) * (@wpmudev-support9) * [5 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/optional-field-issue/#post-13954029) * Hi [@raeast](https://wordpress.org/support/users/raeast/), * Thank you for providing this information. * I have forwarded this to our Plugin Team, so we can verify this further. We will get back to you with an update. * Best, Jonathan S * Plugin Support [Amin – WPMU DEV Support](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpmudev-support2/) * (@wpmudev-support2) * [5 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/optional-field-issue/#post-13980796) * Hello [@raeast](https://wordpress.org/support/users/raeast/) , * I want to confirm that this issue is a bug and we have reported it to the Forminator team. They will be taking care of this bug. * kind regards, Kasia * Thread Starter [raeast](https://wordpress.org/support/users/raeast/) * (@raeast) * [5 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/optional-field-issue/#post-13981552) * Thanks for letting me know Kasia.. Any idea when it might be fixed? Cheers! Richard… * Plugin Support [Amin – WPMU DEV Support](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpmudev-support2/) * (@wpmudev-support2) * [5 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/optional-field-issue/#post-14009372) * Hello [@raeast](https://wordpress.org/support/users/raeast/) , * I’m afraid I don’t have ETA for the fix. But it should be one of the nearest updates, next one or the one after it. * kind regards, Kasia * Plugin Support [Amin – WPMU DEV Support](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpmudev-support2/) * (@wpmudev-support2) * [5 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/optional-field-issue/#post-14110341) * Hello [@raeast](https://wordpress.org/support/users/raeast/) , * I have the confirmation that this bug fix is planned for Forminator 1.14.10 version. * Let us know if you have further questions. * kind regards, Kasia Viewing 9 replies - 1 through 9 (of 9 total) The topic ‘Optional Field issue’ 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/) ## Tags * [field options](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/field-options/) * 9 replies * 5 participants * Last reply from: [Amin – WPMU DEV Support](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpmudev-support2/) * Last activity: [5 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/optional-field-issue/#post-14110341) * Status: resolved