Quick fixes for the issues that come up most: number Pending, template rejections, bots not triggering, delivery and campaign problems, webhooks, payments, and Meta error codes.
If your number stays on Pending after registration, the cause is almost always a missing two-factor PIN. The n
Registration or migration can fail for a few predictable reasons. Work through these before retrying.Common ca
Meta reviews every template and can reject one. The reasons are usually straightforward to fix.Common reasonsT
If a bot is not starting or replying, the cause is almost always one of a short list. Work through them in ord
When messages do not reach customers, the cause is usually the messaging rules rather than a fault. Here are t
When a campaign reports failures or weak delivery, the delivery report tells you why. The causes are usually t
When an automation does not run on an incoming webhook, the cause is usually the webhook setup, the field mapp
When in-chat payments do not complete, the cause is usually the gateway connection or the flow around it.Commo
Meta reviews display names and badge requests against its policies, and can reject either. The fixes are about
When an action fails, Meta often returns an error code. You do not need to memorise them, but knowing how to r
If WhatsApp has temporarily stopped messaging operations for your account, here is how to recover with a fres
If your number status suddenly changed to NA, the number was either deleted or the account was banned. Here
If Meta pauses an approved template during an active campaign due to spam reports, here are the two ways t
If your account is restricted from creating new templates, here is how to resolve it by moving to a fresh
Every WhatsApp Business Account has a cap on phone numbers. Here is how to request a limit increase from