Title: Repeating Group field validation problems
Last modified: August 21, 2025

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# Repeating Group field validation problems

 *  Resolved [peter8nss](https://wordpress.org/support/users/peter8nss/)
 * (@peter8nss)
 * [9 months, 3 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/repeating-group-field-validation-problems/)
 * I have a repeating group, if I get a field error on the first item in the group,
   the field validation message displays correctly. If I get the same field error
   on the second or subsequent items in the group, then no field message displays.
   Although in both cases, I get the overall “Error: Your form is not valid, please
   fix the errors!”. So in the second case, my users don’t know what it is they 
   have done wrong.
 * To demonstrate this:
    - Create form with one repeating group containing just a number field which 
      is “required” and has no range limits
    - In behaviour unset “Enable inline validation” – so I can see the errors sent
      using filter “forminator_custom_form_submit_errors”
    - Embed the form on a page
    - Bring up page, leave the number field empty, press submit – error message 
      is correctly displayed against the field. And it can see an error was sent
      for field “number-1”
    - Fill in a valid number in the first item. Click “Add item”, but leave that
      one blank. Press submit. No message is displayed beside the field, despite
      an error being reported for field “number-1-2”

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 *  Thread Starter [peter8nss](https://wordpress.org/support/users/peter8nss/)
 * (@peter8nss)
 * [9 months, 3 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/repeating-group-field-validation-problems/#post-18609785)
 * The problem is linked to how the id field is set for repeating group subsequent
   items. Whereas the field name in the field data array is, say, “number-1-2” (
   and that is what the plugin uses when generating a server side error messages)
   the id in the form is actually something like “number-1-1j38bpfj604e940035982a1”
   where “1j38…” equates to the “original_id” stored in the fields “field_array”.
 *  Plugin Support [Nithin – WPMU DEV Support](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpmudevsupport11/)
 * (@wpmudevsupport11)
 * [9 months, 3 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/repeating-group-field-validation-problems/#post-18610234)
 * Hi [@peter8nss](https://wordpress.org/support/users/peter8nss/),
 * > I have a repeating group, if I get a field error on the first item in the group,
   > the field validation message displays correctly. If I get the same field error
   > on the second or subsequent items in the group, then no field message displays.
   > Although in both cases, I get the overall “Error: Your form is not valid, please
   > fix the errors!”. So in the second case, my users don’t know what it is they
   > have done wrong.
 * To be sure we are on the same page, in the second case, the form doesn’t highlight
   which field has the issue when compared to the 1st case, where the field will
   get highlighted with a message like “This field is required. Please enter a number.”
   Correct?
 * I do get what you have pointed out, and I’m reporting this to our Forminator 
   team’s attention so that this could be fixed in the next update.
 * Regards,
 * Nithin
 *  Thread Starter [peter8nss](https://wordpress.org/support/users/peter8nss/)
 * (@peter8nss)
 * [9 months, 3 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/repeating-group-field-validation-problems/#post-18610273)
 * _To be sure we are on the same page, in the second case, the form doesn’t highlight
   which field has the issue when compared to the 1st case, where the field will
   get highlighted with a message like “This field is required. Please enter a number.”
   Correct?_
 * Yes
 *  Plugin Support [Nithin – WPMU DEV Support](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpmudevsupport11/)
 * (@wpmudevsupport11)
 * [9 months, 3 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/repeating-group-field-validation-problems/#post-18610343)
 * Hi [@peter8nss](https://wordpress.org/support/users/peter8nss/) ,
 * Thanks for confirming. We have reported this, and hopefully it will be resolved
   in the next update. At the moment, there isn’t any exact ETA we could provide.
 * Regards,
 * Nithin
 *  [Kris – WPMU DEV Support](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpmudevsupport13/)
 * (@wpmudevsupport13)
 * [9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/repeating-group-field-validation-problems/#post-18633676)
 * Hi [@peter8nss](https://wordpress.org/support/users/peter8nss/)
 * As said above, this was already forwarded to our developers, and I am marking
   this thread as resolved, but if you have any additional questions, feel free 
   to let us know.
 * Kind Regards,
   Kris

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 * Last reply from: [Kris – WPMU DEV Support](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpmudevsupport13/)
 * Last activity: [9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/repeating-group-field-validation-problems/#post-18633676)
 * Status: resolved