{"id":2290,"date":"2026-04-15T02:29:54","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T20:59:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/?post_type=docs&#038;p=2290"},"modified":"2026-04-15T02:29:54","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T20:59:54","password":"","slug":"what-is-the-difference-between-auto-response-and-template-in-send-whatsapp","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/kb\/what-is-the-difference-between-auto-response-and-template-in-send-whatsapp\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the difference between Auto Response and Template in Send WhatsApp?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Message Type \u2013 Auto Response<\/strong>: Uses a&nbsp;<strong>conversation \/ auto-response<\/strong>&nbsp;template (e.g. for quick replies within 24-hour window). Select from \u201cAuto response template for reply\u201d dropdown.&nbsp;<strong>Message Type \u2013 Template<\/strong>: Uses a&nbsp;<strong>Meta (WhatsApp)<\/strong>&nbsp;template. Select from the Template dropdown. Each type has its own dropdown and optional media; the form (header, body variables, footer, buttons) loads based on the selected template. Choose based on whether you are replying in a conversation (auto response) or sending a template message (Meta template).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Message Type \u2013 Auto Response: Uses a&nbsp;conversation \/ auto-response&nbsp;template (e.g. for quick replies within 24-hour window). Select from \u201cAuto response template for reply\u201d dropdown.&nbsp;Message Type \u2013 Template: Uses a&nbsp;Meta (WhatsApp)&nbsp;template. Select from the Template dropdown. Each type has its own dropdown and optional media; the form (header, body variables, footer, buttons) loads based on the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":118,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"doc_category":[1964],"doc_tag":[],"class_list":["post-2290","docs","type-docs","status-publish","hentry","doc_category-workflow-builder"],"year_month":"2026-07","word_count":84,"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":"Workflow Builder","term_url":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/kb-cat\/workflow-builder\/"}],"doc_tag_info":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/2290","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=2290"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/2290\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"doc_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_category?post=2290"},{"taxonomy":"doc_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_tag?post=2290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}