WhatsApp template · Authentication
Verification code with expiry. A Authentication template for apps and websites.
For payments, password resets or anything where an old code should stop working.
On the customer’s phone
Your business
Business account
731004 is your verification code. For your security, do not share this code.
This code expires in 10 minutes.
10:42 am
- Copy code
What to submit
The template, part by part.
- Category
- Authentication
One-time codes must be sent as Authentication. The security line and the expiry are Meta's own optional additions.
- Name
login_code_expiryLower case letters, digits and underscores only.
- Header
- No header
- Message
*{{1}}* is your verification code. For your security, do not share this code.77 of 1,024 characters.
- Footer
This code expires in 10 minutes.- Buttons
- Copy code: Copy code
- Samples
A sample value for each variable Variable Sample {{1}}731004
Getting it approved
Tips for this template.
The expiry can be set anywhere from 1 to 90 minutes. Ten is common for sign-in.
Android apps can use a one-tap 'Autofill' button instead of copy code, so the code fills itself in.
Every template follows the rules Meta rejects templates for.
Related templates.
- AuthenticationApps and websites
Verification code
When someone signs in or signs up and you need to confirm the number is theirs.
- UtilityOnline stores
Order confirmed
Right after a customer pays or places an order, so they know it reached you and what they bought.
- UtilityOnline stores
Order shipped
When the parcel leaves your hands, with the courier and tracking number, so the customer stops asking where it is.
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