### [How to Change Sublabels for the Name Field](https://wpforms.com/developers/how-to-change-sublabels-for-the-name-field/)

**Published:** October 14, 2019
**Author:** Editorial Team

**Excerpt:** This tutorial will show you how to use PHP to change the sublabels that appear under the Name field on WPForms. 

**Content:**

## Introduction

Would you like to change sublabels for the **Name** field on your forms? Using a small PHP snippet, this is very easy to do.

In WPForms, the **Name** field can be displayed in three formats:

- Simple (displays a single field, so no sublabels)
- First Last
- First Middle Last

In this tutorial, we’ll show you the basics of how you can change the sublabels using a PHP code snippet.

## Creating the form

We’ll start by creating our form and adding the field which will include the **Name** field.

If you need help in creating your form, [please check out this documentation](https://wpforms.com/docs/creating-first-form/ "How to Create Your First Form").

![Select format for Name field in WPForms](https://wpforms.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/wpforms-name-field-sublabel.jpg)

## Adding the snippet

To change the sublabels on the address field, we’ll need to add this snippet to our site.

If you need any assistance in how and where to add snippets to your site, [please check out this tutorial](https://wpforms.com/developers/how-to-add-custom-php-or-javascript-for-wpforms/ "How to Add Custom PHP or JavaScript for WPForms").

```

/**
 * Customize name field properties.
 *
 * @link   https://wpforms.com/developers/how-to-change-sublabels-for-the-name-field/
 */

function wpf_dev_name_field_properties( $properties, $field, $form_data ) {
	
	// Change sublabel values
	$properties[ 'inputs' ][ 'first' ][ 'sublabel' ][ 'value' ]  = __( 'First Name', 'plugin-domain' );
	$properties[ 'inputs' ][ 'middle' ][ 'sublabel' ][ 'value' ] = __( 'Middle Initial', 'plugin-domain' );
	$properties[ 'inputs' ][ 'last' ][ 'sublabel' ][ 'value' ]   = __( 'Last Name', 'plugin-domain' );

	return $properties;
}

add_filter( 'wpforms_field_properties_name' , 'wpf_dev_name_field_properties', 10, 3 );
```

This snippet will change all sublabels for all forms.

![using this snippet you can now change sublabels on the name field](https://wpforms.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/wpforms-name-field-sublabels-after.jpg)

And that’s it! You’ve successfully changed the sublabels on the **Name** field! Would you like to change the required field symbol on the required fields? Take a look at our article on [How to Change Required Field Indicator](https://wpforms.com/developers/how-to-change-required-field-indicator/ "How to Change Required Field Indicator").

## Related

Filter Reference: [wpforms\_field\_properties](https://wpforms.com/developers/wpforms_field_properties/ "Using the wpforms_field_properties filter")

## FAQ

#### Q: Can I change these for only one form?

**A:** Absolutely, if you only wish to change these sublabels for a particular form, use this snippet instead and remember to update the form ID **123** to match your own form ID. If you need help finding your form ID, [please review this helpful guide](https://wpforms.com/developers/how-to-locate-form-id-and-field-id/ "How to Locate Form ID and Field ID Inside WPForms").

```

/**
 * Customize name field properties.
 *
 * @link   https://wpforms.com/developers/how-to-change-sublabels-for-the-name-field/
 */
 
function wpf_dev_name_field_properties( $properties, $field, $form_data ) {
	
	// Only process this snippet on the form ID 123
    if ( absint( $form_data[ 'id' ] ) !== 123 ) {

        return $properties;
    } 
	
	// Change sublabel values
	$properties[ 'inputs' ][ 'first' ][ 'sublabel' ][ 'value' ]  = __( 'First Name', 'plugin-domain' );
	$properties[ 'inputs' ][ 'middle' ][ 'sublabel' ][ 'value' ] = __( 'Middle Initial', 'plugin-domain' );
	$properties[ 'inputs' ][ 'last' ][ 'sublabel' ][ 'value' ]   = __( 'Last Name', 'plugin-domain' );

	return $properties;
}

add_filter( 'wpforms_field_properties_name' , 'wpf_dev_name_field_properties', 10, 3 );
```

As you can see in the snippet, all we need to do is add in the check for the form ID with `if ( absint( $form_data[ 'id' ] ) !== 123 ) {  return $properties; } `, the rest of the snippet remains the exact same as the example with all forms.

**Categories:** Tutorials

**Tags:** PHP

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