{"id":1627,"date":"2025-05-13T19:49:07","date_gmt":"2025-05-13T14:19:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/?post_type=docs&#038;p=1627"},"modified":"2025-05-13T19:49:08","modified_gmt":"2025-05-13T14:19:08","password":"","slug":"do-i-need-a-whatsapp-business-api-account-to-use-whatsapp-messaging-with-shopify","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/kb\/do-i-need-a-whatsapp-business-api-account-to-use-whatsapp-messaging-with-shopify\/","title":{"rendered":"Do I need a WhatsApp Business API account to use WhatsApp messaging with Shopify?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yes, to send WhatsApp messages via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/integrations\/connect-shopify-sms\/\">Shopify<\/a>, you need a WhatsApp Business API account. The regular WhatsApp Business app has limitations and doesn\u2019t support automation or integration at scale. SMSGatewayCenter can assist with setting up your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/whatsapp-business-api\/\">WhatsApp Business API<\/a>\u2014reach out to us for guidance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yes, to send WhatsApp messages via Shopify, you need a WhatsApp Business API account. The regular WhatsApp Business app has limitations and doesn\u2019t support automation or integration at scale. SMSGatewayCenter can assist with setting up your WhatsApp Business API\u2014reach out to us for guidance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":118,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"doc_category":[1380],"doc_tag":[],"class_list":["post-1627","docs","type-docs","status-publish","hentry","doc_category-shopify-messaging"],"year_month":"2026-07","word_count":46,"total_views":0,"reactions":{"happy":0,"normal":0,"sad":0},"author_info":{"name":"admin","author_nicename":"admin","author_url":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/author\/admin\/"},"doc_category_info":[{"term_name":"Shopify Messaging","term_url":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/kb-cat\/shopify-messaging\/"}],"doc_tag_info":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/1627","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/docs"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/118"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1627"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/1627\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"doc_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_category?post=1627"},{"taxonomy":"doc_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_tag?post=1627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}