Title: Optional Fields (become required fields)
Last modified: March 2, 2018

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# Optional Fields (become required fields)

 *  [IMTanuki](https://wordpress.org/support/users/imtanuki/)
 * (@imtanuki)
 * [8 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/optional-fields-become-required-fields/)
 * I’m getting a strange error:
 * CONTEXT
    Email is a required field. Best Time (to call) is optional (checkbox)
   Best Contact Method is optional (checkbox)
 * ERROR
    If the email field is not filled out, the user gets a normal error msg.
   However…
 * – Best Time and Best Contact Method display a “required field” error msg, even
   though they’re configured as optional.
    – Selecting a Best Time and Best Contact
   Method is required to send the email…
 * I believe this error just started after the last update.

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 * Last reply from: [IMTanuki](https://wordpress.org/support/users/imtanuki/)
 * Last activity: [8 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/optional-fields-become-required-fields/)
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