{"id":2985,"date":"2026-09-18T14:45:52","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T09:15:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/?post_type=docs&#038;p=2985"},"modified":"2026-09-18T14:45:54","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T09:15:54","password":"","slug":"what-types-of-rcs-templates-can-i-create","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/kb\/what-types-of-rcs-templates-can-i-create\/","title":{"rendered":"What types of RCS templates can I create?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All RCS messages are sent from templates. Each template belongs to one bot and must match that bot&#8217;s message type (Promotional, OTP, Transactional or Multi-Use).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th>Template type<\/th><th>What it contains<\/th><th>Limits<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>Text Message<\/strong><\/td><td>Plain text with optional suggested replies or action buttons.<\/td><td>Up to 2,500 characters; up to 11 suggestions.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Rich Card Stand Alone<\/strong><\/td><td>A single card with an image, video or PDF, a title, a description and buttons.<\/td><td>Title up to 200 characters; description up to 2,000 characters; up to 4 suggestions on the card.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Rich Card Carousel<\/strong><\/td><td>Several cards the recipient can swipe through, each with its own media, title, description and buttons.<\/td><td>Up to 10 cards.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Media<\/strong><\/td><td>A media file (image, audio, video or PDF) with message body text, placed above or below the media.<\/td><td>Body up to 2,000 characters; file up to 100 MB.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For guidance on layouts, see <em>What are the media and layout requirements for RCS rich cards?<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All RCS messages are sent from templates. Each template belongs to one bot and must match that bot&#8217;s message type (Promotional, OTP, Transactional or Multi-Use). Template type What it contains Limits Text Message Plain text with optional suggested replies or action buttons. Up to 2,500 characters; up to 11 suggestions. Rich Card Stand Alone A [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":118,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"doc_category":[2260],"doc_tag":[],"class_list":["post-2985","docs","type-docs","status-publish","hentry","doc_category-rcs-templates"],"year_month":"2026-09","word_count":139,"total_views":"2","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":"Templates","term_url":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/kb-cat\/rcs-templates\/"}],"doc_tag_info":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/2985","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=2985"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/2985\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2985"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"doc_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_category?post=2985"},{"taxonomy":"doc_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_tag?post=2985"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}