Best error message plugins for WordPress
The most popular error message plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Custom Error Messages for Gravity Forms leads with 300+ active installs, ahead of Custom Login Error Message (100+) and Disable/Remove Login Hints (10+). All 6 plugins tagged “error message” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 5 error message plugins
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Custom Error Messages for Gravity FormsThe most installed error message plugin, with 300+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.3.14.
- 2.
Custom Login Error Message100+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.4.34.
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Disable/Remove Login Hints10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.4.25.
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Validation Muse for Contact Form 710+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 3 weeks ago.
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Validation Error Message10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.4.34.
All 6 plugins tagged “error message”
Custom Error Messages for Gravity Forms
Down in the last 7 days:42#10,052by Zbynek Nedoma3 years ago
Adds custom error messages to Gravity Forms inputs
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 6/day
Custom Login Error Message
Up in the last 7 days:75#15,470by Muhammad Umer10 years ago
This plugin shows a custom error message of your choice to users when they enter invalid username or password.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.5(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Disable/Remove Login Hints
Up in the last 7 days:213#31,181by ubaidullahop6 years ago
A security plugin to disable/remove WordPress login hints during login process to protect your website.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Validation Muse for Contact Form 7
#32,773by SYMONOV27 days ago
Custom validation rules & messages for Contact Form 7 — regex, length, required-if, per field, CF7 6.x SWV-compatible, multilingual.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 4/day
Validation Error Message
#46,371by Praveen Goswami11 years ago
This plugin help you to add custom validation error message for each tag in form for the Contact form 7.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day