SMS Notification Addon

SMS Notification

Important Note:This add-on will work with ARMember Version 3.3.3 or grater.


Steps For Installation And Activation

You can install plugin in following two ways. and ARMember – SMS Notification plugin requires ARMember Plugin installed and active.

New install via FTP

  1. Download the plugin and extract it. You will find a directory armembersms.
  2. In your WordPress installation directory, upload armembersms to wp-content/plugins/
  3. Activate the ARMember - SMS Notification Addon plugin through the Plugins menu from WordPress admin panel.

New install via the WordPress Uploader

  1. Download the plugin.
  2. Log in to your WordPress admin panel
  3. Go to Plugins -> Add New -> Upload
  4. Click on “choose file” and browse the download package. When the plugin uploads successfully, click on Activate Plugin.

Steps to Setup SMS Notification For Your Website

Let’s setup SMS alert for ARMember Addon for your website :

  1. When Addon is activated, SMS Notification section will be displayed in ARMember -> General Settings -> SMS Gateways.

    Please see below screen.

    general_setting_screen

  2. To start sending SMS to users you have to select predefined configured SMS gateway from list or add your custom SMS gateway by choosing “Other”.

    Below are the predefined SMS gateways:

    1. ALCodes
    2. Bear SMS
    3. Bulk SMS
    4. Cheap Global SMS
    5. Clickatell
    6. ClickSend
    7. D7 SMS
    8. Easy Send Sms
    9. EngageSPARK
    10. Exotel
    11. Experttexting
    12. EZTexting
    13. Fast2SMS
    14. 1s2u
    15. Message Bird
    16. Messente
    17. Movile
    18. MSG91
    19. MSG Club
    20. Nexmo
    21. Redoxygen
    22. RingCaptcha
    23. Routee
    24. SMS API
    25. SMS Gateway Center
    26. SMS Global
    27. Spirius
    28. Telerivet
    29. Telnyx
    30. Text Local
    31. Textbelt
    32. Text Marketer
    33. Twilio
    34. Vianett
    35. Wavecell (8×8)

    After selecting SMS gateway you have to feel required fields to activate SMS gateway.

  3. If you want to configured SMS gateway which is not included in this list then select “Other” option in SMS Gateway and enter required details.

    Please see below screen.

    other_API_configuration

  4. After selecting SMS gateway you have to select Mobile Number Field. If your registration form don’t have mobile number field than please create that by ARMember -> Manage forms -> Registration/Sign up forms.

    Please see screen short in next point.

    If your form don’t have mobile number field than this addon will not work.

  5. Select wether country code is fixed for all users or based on will be select using the user’s country.

    Please see below screen.

    If you choose “Dynamic” then “country” field must be exists in your signup form and it’s meta key must be “country”.

    Registration_form_fields

    ARMember does provide a facility to allow the customer to select the checkbox whether they the members wan the signup sms to recieve to their device or not, if the checkbox is checked then the member will recieve the signup SMS, else they will not be able to have the sms.

    Registration_form_fields

  6. You can check SMS gateway configuration is correct or not by using Send Test SMS.

    Mobile number must be start with country code.

  7. By enabling debug mode will start to write status log into file.

  8. Enable “Verification through SMS on Signup” to verify users through OTP on signup.

    Enter message content which will be used to send to user as message content.

    Notification_on_signup

    If you enabled this option then your signup form have OTP field. Please see screen shot.

    OTP_field_on_front

  9. Enable “Notification on purchase membership plan” to send notification when user purchase any Membership plan.

    Enter message content which will be used to send to user as message content.

    Notification on purchase plan

  10. Enable “Notification on Password Change” to notify user when their account’s password is changed.

    Enter message content which will be used to send to user as message content.

    Notification on change password

  11. Enable “Cancel Membership Plan” to notify user when their membership plan is cancelled by admin or them selves.

    Enter message content which will be used to send to user as message content.

    Notification on plan cancel

  12. Enable “Before Expire Membership Plan” to notify user when their membership plan will going to expire.

    Enter message content which will be used to send to user as message content.

    Notification before plan expire

  13. Enable “Before Recurring Payments due (auto & manual payment)” to notify user when their Recurring payment will going to expire.

    Enter message content which will be used to send to user as message content.

    Notification before payment due

  14. Enable “Send SMS notification to Admin?” to send all above enabled notifications to admin also when any of the event is executed from them.

    Enter admin mobile number on which all notification will be executed.

    Mobile number must be start with country code.

  15. Go to ARMember -> General Settings -> Common messages for SMS OTP verification messages

    Please see below screen.

    messages setting screen