Africa's Talking SMS Plugin

Africa’s Talking SMS Plugin: WordPress Plugin for AT Bulk SMS

This is a plugin to allow WordPress users to take advatantage of the Africa’s Talking API for sending Bulk SMS. You will need to first register your account and make the payments at the the Africa’s Talking Website.

From your account you will get a your Username, API Key, and the optional Shortcode. Enter this information into your settings page and then you can start using the Plugin.

How to Use

There are two main options: You can enter the numbers you want to send the SMS to directly or you can use the numbers that you had uploaded. The contacts can be uploaded as a CSV file with either one column or two columns. The first column is the phone numbers and the second column is the name. If only one column is provided then it is considered to be the phone numbers.

The phone numbers accepted are those with the full details including country extensions e.g: +254 712 345 678

Bug reports

Bug reports for the Africa’s Talking WordPress Plugin are welcomed in the repository on GitHub. Please note that GitHub is not a support forum, and that issues that aren’t properly qualified as bugs will be closed.

Further Reading

For more info on Africa’s Talking API in specific, check out the following:

• The Africa’s Taking official homepage.
• The Africa’s Talking Docs.
• The Africa’s Talking SMS Docs.