Product updates
29 Jun 2022: Reminders are live!
8 Jun 2022: Track your conversations
3 May 2022: Reach out with Reminders
21 Apr 2022: Payments made easy!
3 Apr 2022: Follow up at an exact local time
20 Mar 2022: Small changes, big wins!
8 Mar 2022: Security enhancements
16 Feb 2022: Add resources to Playbooks and export Contacts
26 Jan 2022: Try out emojis in buttons, but no more 'templates' in sandboxes
5 Jan 2022: Use buttons in threads
23 Nov 2021: Button messages
2 Nov 2021: Playbooks Launch (Beta)
20 Sept 2021: The end of Chatbase
9 Sept 2021: Data Export API
9 August 2021: Thread data export
22 June 2021: You know best!
21 June 2021: Sample content for templates
17 June 2021: Important security improvements
8 June 2021: Community Playbooks (Alpha)
18 March 2021: Improved billing transparency
17 March 2021: Share the amazing work you do
8 March 2021: Contextual replies and profile settings that suit you
22 Feb 2021: Button automation
18 Feb 2021: Updates to the fallback channel
17 Feb 2021: Contacts and labels data added to BQ
10 Feb 2021: Temporary limitations while we do a Search infrastructure upgrade
5 Feb 2021: Snappier and easier-to-use modals
3 Feb 2021: Add media to templates
27 Jan 2021: Add media or stickers to custom replies
21 Dec 2020: A last big release to celebrate the year
2 Dec 2020: Delete a template, get more insights and send stickers via the API
17 Nov 2020: Delete a user message
23 October 2020: Insights
19 October 2020: Hidden numbers by default
8 September 2020: Contact Profile
11 August 2020: Learn in Turn
3 August 2020: Add a list to your Exact match automations
30 July 2020: Manage your message template spend
15 July 2020: Data storage and rejection reasons
10 July 2020: WhatsApp profile and Login
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A closer look at the WhatsApp Business API
Understanding conversation-based pricing
Message types: Session vs. Template messages
Message template rules
Message template troubleshooting
Reasons why your template(s) gets rejected
You need opt-in to initiate messages
Human escalation path required
WhatsApp Terms & Privacy Policy updates
WhatsApp's quality rating and messaging limits
Examples of how to upgrade to the next tier
Connect with your users on chat
Great ways of marketing your chat service
Use a ‘wa.me’ link and QR code to market your service
Get user consent in a WhatsApp conversation
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How to set up basic automations
The available trigger types
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How to send stickers in automation
How to set up a sequential content delivery experience using Automation and Custom Profile Fields
How to send 'Welcome back' message to returning users
Use a follow up timer based on local time
Threads
The ABC of threads
How to create a thread
Different thread card types
How to add skip logic to your thread
How to use personalisation in threads
Start a thread when a user reply with a button.
Export your thread data
Create a sequential learning experience with Threads
Message templates
How to re-connect with users using message templates
Create and submit your template(s) for approval
Send message templates to users
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How to add media to a template
Delete or copy a template
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Example queries for your data
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How to send custom replies
Updated
by Pippa
You will spend a lot of time sending messages to users and it should be a fast and pleasant experience.
Let's look at the icons on the reply box and understand what each of them allows you to do:

- Lighting bolt⚡️: A quick reply functionality. Click the lighting bolt icon to search and send your pre-loaded content. You can use keywords in the search bar to find the content you are looking for. Scroll down and hit send.
- Timer⏱: Once the 24hour session has expired you can only initiate conversation with a user using a template. Click the timer icon to search and send approved templates. You can use keywords in the search bar to find the template you are looking for. Click "Next" and complete the placeholders before you send.
- B, I, S, </>: This is used to format your message (by adding bold, italics, strikethrough or code) to make it more readable for your user.
- Smiley🙂: Search and send emojis.
- Paperclip📎: Send media files.
- Sticker📄: Search and send stickers.
- Send: Send your message. You can also hit
Enter↩️
while you type. To go to a new line instead of sending the message useShift⬆️ + Enter↩️
.
How to send content or templates
You can quickly reply with content or templates by using the lighting bolt and timer icons in the reply box. Watch the short video below to see it in action.

- Click the lighting bolt⚡️ icon for content or the timer⏰ icon for templates.
- Search and select the content or template you want to send.
- For templates, complete your placeholder variables.
- Click the send button.
How to send media
You can also add a media (image, video, audio or document) file to a custom reply. This will make it faster for your team to personalise custom responses to users.

- Click the paperclip📎 icon.
- Select the type of media you want to send, i.e. image/video/audio/document.
- Select the media file on your computer.
- Add custom text if you prefer.
- Hit enter or click the send button.
How to send stickers
To send one of your uploaded stickers in a custom reply click the sticker icon and select the sticker you want to send. You can add text if you prefer. Note that the sticker and the text will be delivered as two separate messages. WhatsApp does not enable stickers to have a caption (like images and videos can have)

- Click the sticker📄 icon.
- Select one of your uploaded stickers.
- Add custom text if you prefer.
- Hit enter or click the send button.
We hope you found this information useful and that you feel confident to chat with your users!