{"id":1827,"date":"2025-06-05T20:17:21","date_gmt":"2025-06-05T14:47:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/?post_type=docs&#038;p=1827"},"modified":"2025-06-05T20:17:23","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T14:47:23","password":"","slug":"can-i-edit-a-contact-after-adding-it","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/kb\/can-i-edit-a-contact-after-adding-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Can I edit a contact after adding it?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yes, you can edit a contact\u2019s name, phone number, or group assignment after adding it. Use the &#8220;Edit&#8221; option in the Action column to make changes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To edit a contact:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Navigate to the Contacts section.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In the Contacts table, locate the contact you want to edit.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click the &#8220;Edit&#8221; button in the <strong>Action<\/strong> column for that contact.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A modal window will open, allowing you to update the <strong>Contact Name<\/strong>, <strong>Mobile Number<\/strong>, or <strong>Group Assignment<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click \u201cSave Changes\u201d to update the contact.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yes, you can edit a contact\u2019s name, phone number, or group assignment after adding it. Use the &#8220;Edit&#8221; option in the Action column to make changes. To edit a contact:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":118,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"doc_category":[1339],"doc_tag":[],"class_list":["post-1827","docs","type-docs","status-publish","hentry","doc_category-groups-contacts"],"year_month":"2026-07","word_count":82,"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":"Groups &amp; Contacts","term_url":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/kb-cat\/groups-contacts\/"}],"doc_tag_info":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/1827","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=1827"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/1827\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"doc_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_category?post=1827"},{"taxonomy":"doc_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_tag?post=1827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}