Title: [Plugin: Formidable Forms] Required attribute not valid HTML
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# [Plugin: Formidable Forms] Required attribute not valid HTML

 *  [Steven Vachon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/prometh/)
 * (@prometh)
 * [15 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-formidable-forms-required-attribute-not-valid-html/)
 * required=”required” is not valid (x)HTML.
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/formidable/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/formidable/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Steph Wells](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sswells/)
 * (@sswells)
 * [15 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-formidable-forms-required-attribute-not-valid-html/#post-1831396)
 * You’re correct, however this is valid HTML5. Try changing the doc type to HTML5
   when you run your validations.
 *  Thread Starter [Steven Vachon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/prometh/)
 * (@prometh)
 * [15 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-formidable-forms-required-attribute-not-valid-html/#post-1831397)
 * Hmm, HTML5 is far from being a complete spec, and switching my doctype will invalidate
   other things.

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 * Last reply from: [Steven Vachon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/prometh/)
 * Last activity: [15 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-formidable-forms-required-attribute-not-valid-html/#post-1831397)
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