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SMSPortal SMS for WooCommerce — order texts through your account in South Africa
SMS box in the order SMSPortal connection Message texts Sending log
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SMSPortal SMS for WooCommerce — order texts through your account in South Africa

Order status texts to the buyer and new-order alerts to you through your SMSPortal account. No duplicates, with a queue and test mode. Pro adds delivery status, replies, manual SMS, quiet hours and offers.

Download Free
Pro · one-year licence Staging copies are included. The more sites, the cheaper each one
Compatibility
WordPress 6.2+ · WooCommerce 8.0+ · PHP 7.4+ · HPOS and classic storage · classic and block checkout · plugin languages: English, Afrikaans
Licence
a site + a staging copy, annual
Trial
7 days, no card, one per site
Updated
November 2026
Or all 396 Pro modules with All Access — 4 990 ₴ / year ≈ €98

What Free has,
and what Pro adds

The free version works with no time limit. Pro adds the rest of the features in the table.

Feature Free Pro
A message for each order status, custom ones included ✔ ✔
Your own text with name, order number, total and payment link ✔ ✔
New-order alerts to one or several of your numbers ✔ ✔
Numbers in one format: 082 123 4567 and +27 82 123 4567 reach the same phone ✔ ✔
Length and credits visible before you save ✔ ✔
SMSPortal test mode ✔ ✔
Credit balance in the settings and a record of each SMS in the order ✔ ✔
Each message goes once, even if the status changes back and forth ✔ ✔
Background queue with retries and a pause when credits run out ✔ ✔
Copy-of-site guard ✔ ✔
Delivery status through SMSPortal webhooks — ✔
Customer replies in the order notes — ✔
Manual SMS from the order — ✔
Quiet hours — ✔
Your own text per payment method — ✔
Tracking number and link in messages — ✔
Offers with consent at checkout and an opt-out line — ✔
E-mail alerts for refused keys, credits and a low balance — ✔

What it looks like

SMS box in the order
Order: each SMS, its state, delivery and in Pro a field for a manual SMS.
SMSPortal connection
Connection: keys, balance, Sender ID, test mode.
Message texts
Messages: text for each status, length and credits.

Key points

What the buyer sees and what stays in the order

The buyer gets a text at the statuses you choose, for example “Hi Lerato, thank you for order 57”.

What the admin gets

In the settings you enter the Client ID and API secret, see the balance and can send a test message.

How much it costs

The base version is free. Pro costs 990 UAH for a one-year licence. A year of updates, technical support and all Pro features.

The trial starts when you ask

A fresh install is the free version, nothing switches on by itself. The “Try Pro for 7 days” button → e-mail → the key right in the window and by e-mail.

One key — a site and a staging copy

Moving the site? Unlink the licence on the old domain and activate it on the new one yourself. A staging copy (staging., dev.) works with the same key and does not take a site slot. For studios — keys for 5 or 25 sites, or unlimited.

Technical requirements

  • WordPress 6.2+, WooCommerce 8.0+, PHP 7.4+.
  • An SMSPortal account with a REST key and credits.
  • For delivery status in Pro the site must be reachable from the network over HTTPS.

Version history

v1.0.0 Current November 2026

Order status texts, owner alerts, queue, test mode.

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Full module description

SMSPortal SMS connects WooCommerce to your SMSPortal account: when an order changes status the buyer gets a text, and you get an alert about a new order. You buy credits from SMSPortal at their rates. The plugin does not sell them.

This plugin has never sent a real SMS through SMSPortal. The same author wrote that server, so it can repeat our misreadings of the documentation. Turn on test mode first and try a few orders on your own number.

What the buyer sees and what stays in the order

The buyer gets a text at the statuses you choose, for example “Hi Lerato, thank you for order 57”. The plugin puts the number into international format itself. In Pro an unticked offers consent box appears at checkout, classic and block.

The order shows each SMS and its state, and in Pro the delivery state and a field for a manual message.

What the admin gets

In the settings you enter the Client ID and API secret, see the balance and can send a test message. The Messages tab has text for each status, length and credits before you save, and a warning about characters that make an SMS dearer.

The Activity tab shows the queue, sent and unsent messages. If credits run out or a key is revoked, the queue waits up to 48 hours and then drops the message, so it does not arrive days late.

Pro adds delivery status through webhooks, customer replies in notes, quiet hours, text per payment method and offers only to those who agreed.

How it works, step by step

  1. In the SMSPortal panel you create a REST key.
  2. You enter the Client ID and secret, and the plugin shows the balance.
  3. You choose statuses and texts.
  4. An order changes status and the SMS joins the queue.
  5. The queue sends it in the background and records the result in the order.

Under the hood

  • Sending runs in the background, so a slow network never slows the checkout.
  • The secret is stored encrypted with the site keys and is never shown back.
  • Numbers that opted out with your SMSPortal account are left out.
  • A site copy stays quiet: after the address changes, sending stops until you confirm this is the real shop.
  • The log holds no customer numbers.
  • The plugin does not register a Sender ID: the mobile network has the final say.

How to install

  1. Plugins → Add New → Upload Plugin: pick the zip and activate.
  2. WooCommerce → SMSPortal SMS: enter the Client ID and API secret from the SMSPortal panel.
  3. Turn on test mode first.
  4. On the Messages tab choose statuses and texts, and enter your number for alerts.
  5. Place a test order and turn test mode off.
  6. For Pro: paste the key or start the 7-day trial.

The module is not on wordpress.org yet: the free version and Pro are one archive from this page. Without a key it works as the free version.

Questions
about the module

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@catcode_support Setup, compatibility, activation
Are credits included?

No, you buy them directly from SMSPortal.

Can I text buyers in other countries?

Yes, the plugin takes the country code from the order address. SMSPortal decides coverage and rates.

What happens when credits run out?

The queue waits up to 48 hours and sends on after a top-up. Older messages are dropped.

What happens after the trial?

Pro switches off, and order texts keep working.

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