=== refatbd Advanced SMS for WooCommerce ===
Contributors: refatbd
Tags: woocommerce, sms, notifications, order sms, admin sms
Requires at least: 5.6
Tested up to: 7.0
WC requires at least: 3.0
WC tested up to: 8.8
Stable tag: 2.3.2
License: GPLv3
License URI:
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html
Requires Plugins: woocommerce
Enhanced SMS notifications for WooCommerce orders with product rules, history, and a debug log.
== Description ==
This plugin is a significantly enhanced fork of the original 'SMSQ Notifications for WooCommerce' plugin. This new version includes an SMS history, a debug log, product-specific rules, and has been updated for compatibility with modern versions of WooCommerce and WordPress.
Original plugin:
https://wordpress.org/plugins/smsq-notifications-for-woocommerce/
refatbd Advanced SMS for WooCommerce extends your store by enabling automated SMS notifications to customers and administrators for various order events. It offers a modern interface and advanced features like product-specific SMS rules, an SMS history log, and a persistent debug log.
Key Features:
- Multi-Gateway Support: Send SMS through SMSQ Global, a configurable Generic HTTP gateway, or Twilio.
- Phone Verification (OTP): Require customers to verify their phone number via OTP at checkout.
- Cash on Delivery Confirmation: Send one-tap confirm links or reply-to-confirm messages for COD orders.
- Shipment Tracking: Per-order tracking with placeholders for Pathao, Steadfast, RedX, and Paperfly.
- Abandoned Cart Recovery: Automatically send reminder SMS (with optional coupons) for abandoned carts.
- Global SMS Broadcast: Send bulk SMS to all users, specific product buyers, or filtered by number type.
- Background Queue & Scheduling: Process large broadcasts in background batches to ensure reliability.
- Delivery Reports (DLR) & Inbound Replies: Track delivery status and handle opt-out (STOP) or COD confirmation.
- Consent & Opt-out: Optional checkout consent checkbox and global suppression list support.
- Automated Campaigns: Setup daily birthday messages and win-back automations with coupons.
- Low Balance Alerts: Get notified via email or SMS when your SMS credit runs low.
- Plugin Toggle: Easily enable or disable all SMS notifications with a single switch.
- Status-Based SMS: Send custom SMS messages to customers when their order status changes.
- Admin Notifications: Notify store administrators via SMS for new orders.
- Customer Note SMS: Alert customers via SMS when a new note is added to their order.
- Product-Specific Rules: Send or don't send SMS based on products in the order.
- Customizable Templates: Use a wide range of placeholders to personalize SMS messages.
- On-Hold Reminders: Automatically send reminder SMS messages for orders on-hold.
- SMS History & Export: Keep a log of all sent SMS messages and export them to CSV.
- Debug Log: A dedicated tab to view detailed debug information.
- International SMS Support: Option to enable/disable international prefixes.
- Multiple Admin Phones: Configure multiple admin phone numbers to receive notifications.
- Multiple API Credentials: Manage and switch between multiple SMSQ API credentials seamlessly.
- API Balance Check: View your SMS gateway account balance directly from the plugin.
- WPML Compatible: Message templates are translatable with WPML.
- Modern Admin Interface: Beautifully redesigned settings page with gradients, glassmorphism, and intuitive navigation.
To use this plugin, you need an active account with
SMSQ Global and SMS credits.
2.3.2 (October 25, 2026)
- Fix: Resolved PHP 8.x non-numeric string arithmetic warning in
refaadsm_do_prune_logs() by properly calculating the 30-day log cutoff using gmdate().
2.3.1
- Performance: Routed checkout SMS triggers through asynchronous background queue jobs to ensure instant order placement without gateway latency bottlenecks.
- Fix: Hardened order status tracking listener and SMS history dispatch hooks.
2.3.0
- NEW: Multi-gateway support - send through SMSQ Global, a configurable Generic HTTP gateway (works with most BD/global providers), or Twilio. Selectable on the API Settings tab and configured on the new Gateways tab.
- NEW: Phone verification (OTP) at checkout - require customers to confirm their number with a one-time code before placing an order.
- NEW: Cash on Delivery confirmation - send a one-tap confirm link (and optional reply-to-confirm) for COD orders, then auto-advance the order status.
- NEW: Shipment tracking - per-order tracking number and courier box, with %tracking_number%, %tracking_url% and %courier% placeholders and auto-SMS on a chosen status. Built-in patterns for Pathao, Steadfast, RedX and Paperfly.
- NEW: Abandoned cart recovery - capture checkout contact details and send a reminder SMS (with an optional unique coupon) when no order follows.
- NEW: Background queue and scheduling - process large broadcasts in throttled background batches using Action Scheduler, with an optional scheduled start time.
- NEW: Delivery reports (DLR) and inbound replies - REST webhooks record delivery status and handle STOP opt-out and COD reply confirmation.
- NEW: Consent and opt-out - optional checkout consent checkbox and a global suppression list honored before every send.
- NEW: Low balance alerts - daily check of your SMSQ credit with email and/or SMS alerts.
- NEW: Birthday and win-back automations - daily messages (with optional coupons) to celebrate birthdays and re-engage lapsed customers.
- NEW: Send Test SMS button on the API Settings tab.
- NEW: Export SMS history to CSV, plus Provider and Delivery columns in the history table.
- All new features are individually toggleable and configurable from the settings screen.
2.2.0
- NEW: Complete Admin UI Redesign - Modernized the entire plugin settings interface with beautiful animated gradients, glassmorphism, floating cards, and a new modern font (Outfit).
- NEW: Multiple API Credentials - You can now add, edit, and manage multiple SMSQ API credentials simultaneously and seamlessly switch between them using an "Active" toggle.
- NEW: Individual Balance Checks - Added the ability to check the API balance for each individual credential directly from the new credentials manager table.
- NEW: Modern Toast Notifications - Replaced standard browser alerts with beautiful, color-coded toast notifications that slide in and fade out elegantly when checking your balance.
- IMPROVED: Log & History Tables - Added scrollable containers for log messages and SMS history texts to prevent long messages from breaking the table layout.
- IMPROVED: Pagination UI - Upgraded the pagination links in the Logs and History tabs to look like modern, interactive pills with smooth hover and active state animations.
- IMPROVED: Global SMS Recipient Count - The estimated recipient count is now styled as a beautiful modern badge and perfectly vertically aligned with the action buttons.
- IMPROVED: Persistent Active Balance - The global balance display at the top of the API Settings tab now intelligently displays the balance of whichever credential is currently set as "Active".
2.1.0
- NEW: Global SMS Broadcast feature — send bulk SMS to all users, purchasing customers, high-frequency buyers (5+ orders), buyers of a specific product, or a manually entered phone number.
- NEW: Number type filter for Global SMS — choose to send to Bangladeshi numbers only, International numbers only, or both.
- NEW: Recipient count preview — see how many unique numbers will receive the SMS before sending.
- NEW: Product dropdown with live search (Select2) on the Global SMS Broadcast page.
- NEW: Manual number input for sending a one-off SMS to any single phone number.
- NEW: Character/SMS-part counter on the broadcast message field.
- IMPROVED: Plugin menu moved from under WooCommerce to a dedicated top-level WordPress admin menu ("Advanced SMS") with a sub-menu for Settings and Global SMS Broadcast — easier to find for new users.
- FIXED: Typo in admin JS i18n object (
i1en → i18n).
2.0.1
- SECURITY: Hardening and security enhancements.
- FIX: All issues from the WordPress plugin review team have been addressed.
- NEW: Added "Requires Plugins" header for WooCommerce dependency.
- NEW: Added contributor "refatbd".
- FIX: Corrected text domain to match the plugin slug.
- FIX: Prefixed all functions, classes, and options with "refaadsm_" to avoid conflicts.
- FIX: Enqueued scripts and styles correctly, removing inline tags.
- NEW: Added documentation for the external SMSQ Global service.
- Maintenance release — bug fixes and compatibility improvements.
2.0.0
- MAJOR FORK: Plugin has been forked, renamed, and completely refactored to ensure modern compatibility and avoid conflicts.
- NEW: All functions, options, and constants are now prefixed with
asw_ to prevent conflicts with other plugins.
- NEW: Updated author information and links to new documentation and support pages.
- MAINTENANCE: Codebase cleanup and alignment with modern WordPress coding standards.
1.7.0 (Original Plugin Base)
- Initial features from the original SMSQ Notifications plugin up to version 1.7.0.