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Configuring ExpertTexting with WordPress WPSMS
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Configure ExpertTexting with WordPress WPSMS Plugin
WordPress is a free and open-source content management system that have thousands of plugins developed that you can add to WordPress.
WPSMS is one plugin that adds the ability to send SMS on different triggers within the wordpress.
You can go ahead and download the plugin on your WordPress and follow the instructions thereon to configure using ExpertTexting SMS Gateway with your wordpress.
Once plugin has been installed, you should see SMS menu in your left menu bar.
Click on the settings option to see General Tab, Enter your number in international format without + or 00 in the Admin mobile number field, We have used our ET number as the admin number for all alerts by wordpress.
Press save changes and click Gateway tab.
From the gateway list, select Experttexting.com if it is not already selected.
You are required to fill in following details from your ET Account on the settings page.
| Option | Details | Where to find ? |
|---|---|---|
| API username | This is same as your ET account username. | Your ET Username |
| API password | This is same as your ET account password. | Your ET Password |
| Sender Number | In most cases set this to DEFAULT to use default settings by ET, If you have a dedicated number or SenderID activated on your ET account
you can use it here instead of DEFAULT. |
Use DEFAULT |
| API Key | API Key as generated from your ET Customer Portal, Profile or Account Settings option | Where is my API Key ? |
Your Settings page should look like this with your Configurations.
Hit Save Changes on the bottom of the page, If the integration is successful you should see this.
Successful integration would show your current ET account balance in Result request field.
If you still donot see Active status, please feel free to reach out to our support team by sending an email to sms.support@experttexting.com from your registered email address and our team will be able to assist you further.
Happy Texting 🙂
ExpertTexting does not maintain or is associated with WP SMS or its development. “WP SMS” which is an open source software maintained by third party developers and available as free and professional version.
TLS Upgrade
TLS v1.2 Upgrade – What you Need to Know.
ExpertTexting uses HTTPS to securely exchange sensitive data such as credit cards/Paypal payments processing and allowing API Access for integration purposes. To encrypt these communications, we use the Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocol.
TLS 1.2 is one of the most secure versions of SSL/TLS protocol that is designed to prevent eavesdropping, tampering, or message forgery. ExpertTexting now requires TLS 1.2 in order to ensure the continuous security adhere to industry best practices.
What’s Required:
All API Customers must update their software, browser and hardware to support security protocol TLS v1.2.
Why do we need to make this change?
The PCI Security Council sets the rules on which technologies are acceptable for use in transmitting cardholder data. They have explicitly identified TLS 1.0 & TLS 1.1 as no longer being a strong form of encryption because they are vulnerable to many known attacks.
This is not an action ExpertTexting is taking alone. EVERY website that transmits or processes credit card data will be making this change. If you are using an insecure or unsupported browser or API client, you will find that all secure websites will stop working very soon.
From March 01 2018, the ExpertTexting API and it’s web portal will require TLS v1.2 in order to ensure the continuous security adherence to industry’s best practices.
Browser Support
Most browsers have supported TLS 1.2 for several years.
The following browsers DO NOT support TLS 1.2 and will no longer work.
- Google Chrome 29
- Firefox 26
- Internet Explorer 10
- Safari 8
- iOS 4
- Android 4
How do I upgrade my integration from TLS 1.0 to TLS 1.2
JAVA support
Version = JDK/JRE 7 Client (Yes, but support for TLS v1.2 must be enabled manually)
Version = JDK/JRE 7 Server & above (Yes, TLS v1.2 is enabled by default)
Version = JDK/JRE 6 or below (Not supported)
Open SSL support
Your Open SSL version must be 1.0.1 or higher.
.NET
- .NET 4.6: TLS 1.2 is used automatically. No changes are necessary.
- .NET 4.5: The SecurityProtocolType needs to be changed to Tls12 (using the SecurityProtocol Setter), add the following line above the first request.ServicePointManager.SecurityProtocol = SecurityProtocolType.Tls12
- .NET 4.0: TLS 1.2 is supported, but there’s no named
SecurityProtocolTypeenumeration. Use(SecurityProtocolType)3072. - .NET 3 and below: Must be upgraded to 4.5
PHP
TLS 1.1 and TLS 1.2 are supported since OpenSSL 1.0.1
Forcing TLS 1.1 and 1.2 are only supported since curl 7.3.4
Reference URL for CURL Options: https://curl.haxx.se/libcurl/c/CURLOPT_SSLVERSION.html
If you are using older versions of PHP or OPENSSL use following command to update packages.
yum update nss curl openssl
After the updates you should see that cURL is working with TLS greater than 1.0. Simple test code:
<?php
$ch = curl_init();
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, “https://www.howsmyssl.com/a/check”);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSLVERSION, 6); // TLS 1.2
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
$response = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);$tlsVer = json_decode($response, true);
echo “<h1>Your TSL version is: <u>” . ( $tlsVer[‘tls_version’] ? $tlsVer[‘tls_version’] : ‘no TLS support’ ) . “</u></h1>”;
In case the workaround doesn’t work, please try to update your Operating System to the newer version.
Ruby
Ruby uses the system openssl. OpenSSL v0.9.8 will no longer work, but later versions work without any changes required.
In-case you still need any support with the upgrade, Get in touch with our support team at sms.support@experttexting.com
Availability of Rest API
With many new features being added to ExpertTexting, one of the latest addition is the REST API that allows other apps and platforms to interact with ExpertTexting. It’s a revolutionary addition that will help developers build custom applications and integrate systems with ExpertTexting.
ExpertTexting API exposes a set of RESTful endpoints that enable your application to send messages and GET information such as message status, query account balance, read unread message etc.
Click Here for Rest API Documentation.Sending OTP and Alerts using ShortCode
How to send OTP , Alerts using ShortCode
Sending OTP, Alerts, Notification is frequently required service.
Alerts / Notification campaigns are used to set a pre-defined template with dynamic variables which can later be used via Rest API. These variables are defined dynamically i.e. add “@{“ before your variable word and add “}” after it. For example: @{phonenumber}, @{number}, @{code} are all valid variables.
How to create it ?
That’s It, Just submit the details and after approval you will be able to use it,.
Each Campaign is provided with a campaign key which is private and unique for all campaigns and will be required as parameter for HTTP Rest Calls.
Upon creating alert/notification campaign, you will get an API URL which will have parameters for all the custom variables you defined in the message text. You will use this API to run this campaign.
For example: you entered the following text in the message of your campaign:
“Hello @{name}, your mobile verification code is @{code}”
The API URL will look like :
“https://www.experttexting.com/ExptRestApi/sms/json/campaign/alert?campaign_key={campaignkey}&to_number={to_number}&key1={name}&key2={code}
You will have to replace all the variables (words that begin and end with “{ }”) in the above URL with the actual data before accessing the URL.
Just call our HTTP Rest API and with required parameters and our Intelligent system does the rest.
Happy Texting 🙂