Change subscription confirmation messages

Noptin has the following default subscription confirmation messages:-

Message TypeDescriptionDefault Text
successShown when someone successfully fills the form.Shown when an existing subscriber tries to sign up again.
invalid_emailShown when someone enters an invalid email address.Please provide a valid email address.
required_field_missingShown when someone does not fill in all required fields.Please fill in all the required fields.
accept_termsShown when someone does not check the acceptance checkbox.Please accept the terms and conditions first.
already_subscribedShown when an existing subscriber tries to sign up again and the form allows updating subscribers.You are already subscribed to the newsletter, thank you!
errorShown when a generic error occurs.Oops. Something went wrong. Please try again later.
unsubscribedShown when an existing subscriber unsubscribes via this form.You were successfully unsubscribed.
not_subscribedShown when someone unsubscribes with an email that is not already subscribed.The given email address is not subscribed.
updatedShown when an existing subscriber tries to sign up again and the form prevents updating subscribers.Thank you, your details have been updated.
Default confirmation messages

Change messages via the form editor

Open your form in the Noptin form editor and then click on Settings > Messages to reveal the Messages panel.

change newsletter form confirmation messages

The available message inputs depend on your form settings.

For example,

The “unsubscribe” related messages are only shown when editing an unsubscribe form.

Change messages via the subscription shortcode

You can also set the confirmation messages directly in the newsletter subscription form shortcode.

All you have to do is specify the message type as a shortcode attribute.

For example,

The below shortcode sets the success message…

[noptin success="Custom success message"]

… while this one sets the error messages.

[noptin error="Custom error message" already_subscribed="This email address already exists"]

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