Improvements and New Features in WP SMS: V5.9 and V5.9.1

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Hello and welcome to our latest update for WP SMS!

We’ve been working hard to bring you some new features and improvements based on your feedback and support. In this post, we’ll go through the details of what’s new in our latest releases, V5.9 and V5.9.1.

We’re excited to announce that we’ve added Zapier integration in V5.9, allowing you to easily connect WP SMS with thousands of other apps and services. We’ve also added support for webhooks, which allow you to trigger actions when sending SMS or adding new subscribers.

You can see the details of the changes below:

WP SMS December 2022 Releases: What’s New and Improved

V5.9.1 – 18.12.2022

Summary: This release includes various improvements and bug fixes.

  • Added the ability to filter subscribers by country
  • Added the helper function prepareMobileNumber
  • Improved the style of labels and buttons
  • Improved the clarity of requests responses
  • Improved the style of the outbox page
  • Fixed an issue with the Alchemymarketing SMS gateway
  • Fixed an issue with webhook notices

V5.9 – 13.12.2022

Summary: This release introduces a number of new features and improvements, including Zapier integration and support for webhooks.

  • Added Zapier integration
  • Added support for webhooks to trigger actions when sending SMS and adding new subscribers
  • Added the ability to filter subscribers in the Admin → SMS → Subscribers section
  • Added the ability to filter subscribers by a group in the Admin → SMS → Groups section
  • Added the REST API endpoint wpsms/v1/webhook to register and deregister a webhook
  • Added the REST API endpoint wpsms/v1/outbox to get outbox SMS
  • Added the method getSubscriberByMobile($number)
  • Added support for the Korean SMS gateways Directsend.co.kr and Kakao
  • Added the UAE-based SMS gateway SmartSmsGateway.com
  • Improved the plugin directory and folder structure
  • Improved the template loader and structure
  • Improved backward compatibility for recording the outbox if the sender ID is too long
  • Fixed an issue with the include function in CLI mode
  • Fixed an issue with the Sms.to SMS gateway
  • Fixed an issue with Africa’s Talking SMS gateway
  • Fixed an issue with sending SMS to multiple groups

We want to take this opportunity to thank all of our users for their feedback and support. Your input is crucial in helping us create a better product, and we’re grateful for your continued use of WP SMS. We hope these updates enhance your experience and make it even easier to send SMS from your WordPress site.

Finally, we’d like to wish all of our users a happy and healthy new year! We hope that 2023 brings you success, joy, and plenty of opportunities to use WP SMS to communicate with your customers and audiences. We’ll continue to work hard to bring you new features and improvements, and we look forward to hearing your feedback and ideas. Here’s to a great 2023!