DISABLE MESSAGE BOX

Hello @iwdesignandprint,

Right now there is no option/setting to remove that verification.

Here’s a dirty solution (that will not be overwritten everytime you update the plugin):
1. copy maintenance.php from plugin’s folder /views/ sub-directory to /wp-content/wp-maintenance-mode.php
2. edit /wp-content/wp-maintenance-mode.php and replace this:

<p><textarea placeholder="<?php _e('Your message', $this->plugin_slug); ?>" data-rule-required="true" data-msg-required="<?php esc_attr_e('This field is required.', $this->plugin_slug); ?>" name="content" class="content_textarea"></textarea></p>

with this:

<p><textarea placeholder="<?php _e('Your message', $this->plugin_slug); ?>" data-rule-required="true" data-msg-required="<?php esc_attr_e('This field is required.', $this->plugin_slug); ?>" name="content" class="content_textarea" style="display:none;">-</textarea></p>

This way the message textarea will be hidden.

Thanks.

Hi George,

Many many thanks for your reply and yes it does hide the ‘message box’ but sadly the form will not ‘send’ and I get a pop up box saying “All fields required.” I presume the validator is still expecting the ‘message’ box (although hidden) to have content?

In the WP Maintenance Mode Plugin folder assets / js there is a file titled “jquery.validate.js” but I have absolutely NO IDEA if this is the right file to amend or even how to amend it?

Regards
Martin

You’re welcome. Are you sure you replaced the code as I said? Because the textarea is not empty (contains a hyphen)… So the client-side validation (also the server-side validation) should pass.

I don’t recommend to edit any js file because it will be overwritten everytime the plugin is updated.

Oh George you are the cats whiskers! Yes you hit the nail on the head I must have deleted the hyphen thinking it was there in error but as soon as I put it back it validates and sends!

Thank you so much for your time.

Regards
Martin