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Free SMS for WooCommerce
Free SMS for WooCommerce is a WooCommerce plugin that sends SMS notifications directly from your phone, using dedicated Android app.
5.0
(3 ratings)Will this break my store?
What the WordPress.org registry says about keeping Free SMS for WooCommerce running.
Tested to 7.0.2
Tested against the WordPress branch in use today.2 months ago
At least 0.3 releases a year since launch. WordPress.org only lists versions still available for download, so the real number may be higher.5.6
Your host must be running at least this version.4.6
1
A single maintainer. Worth knowing if the plugin is load-bearing for your store.Maintenance & trust
Scored on how Free SMS for WooCommerce is looked after — not on how many stores run it.
95
out of 100Maintenance
35 / 35WordPress compatibility
20 / 20Support responsiveness
Not enough dataMerchant satisfaction
11 / 15Listing transparency
10 / 10Ratings
5.0
3 ratingsFree SMS for WooCommerce is a plugin that sends SMS notifications (when, for example, you change the order status to completed) directly from your phone, using dedicated open-source Android app.
features:
* 30 messages/month for free
* $2 monthly for unlimited messages, or you can spin up your own service and have it for free (see the plugins website for more details).
* No contracts and additional fees
* Send different messages to different countries
* Or just send messages to your country only
* Send messages when order is placed, completed, cancelled, delayed and more
Simply put, your Free SMS for WooCommerce plugin asks your Android app to send SMS when order status has changed.
Please see install instructions or go to plugins website.
The plugin is free. The Android app is free and open-source too. And you get 30 messages / month for free. If you need more, you can purchase the permium plan for $2/month or spin up your own service that handles requests from the plugin and forward them to Android app using Google’s GCM (check the plugin code for description).
Android app is free and open source. The only thing it does is <technical mumbo-jumbo> waiting for the google cloud message notification and send sms. It keeps your QR as a token to communicate with the messaging server </technical mumbo-jumbo> It asks for camera and SMS permissions at startup. Camera is required to scan QR code. You can download the source code here and compile it on your own if you want.
Make sure you’re using Android 8 (Oreo) or higher.
No, only Android is supported.
Due to new Google Play permissions policy the app that wants to send SMS must be a “Default SMS handler”. This policy prevents malicious apps from accessing SMS functionality, but also prevents Free SMS for WooCommerce from being listed in Google Play store.
Yes. You need to create an http server that does 2 things:
Wait for the POST message from the Android app (when you scan the QR code) and store it somewhere.
params: { qrToken, firebaseToken }
Wait for the POST message from WordPress plugin (when order status changes) and send the Firebase Cloud Message to your phone.
params: { qrToken, phone, message }
Then you just need to replace the SEND_MESSAGE_URL variable in Plugin code, and also replace the service url in Android app source code.
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