Listeo SMS Notification plugins add capabilities to your registration process that can enhance the security and user experience of your application. It also allows you to send notification to users about upcoming bookings, expiring listings or new bookings or reviews.This guide walks you through the steps to configure it.

How to install?

  1. Go to https://purethemes.net/license/ and download Listeo SMS plugin
    You’ll need purchase key: How to find my license key?
  2. Upload listeo-sms.zip in WP Dashboard → Plugin → Add New and install & activate.

How to configure?

  1. Create a Twilio Account: Go to the Twilio website and sign up for an account if you don’t already have one.
  2. Verify Your Email and Phone Number: Complete the verification process for your email and phone number.
  3. Get Twilio API Credentials: Once your account is set up, navigate to the Console Dashboard to find your Account SID and Auth Token. These credentials are required to authenticate API requests.
  4. Copy those information to Listeo Core -> SMS Settings -> Providers, there are settings for Twilio Account SID, Twilio Auth Token and Twilio phone number
  5. And that’s all, now you can turn on which SMS you want to send and configure their content

If you want to test it first without actually spending money on Twilio, you can enable Debug Mode in Listeo Core → SMS Settings, with that enabled you will see the messages sent in Listeo Core → View Debug log

To enable debugging mode go to Listeo Health and enable it under “debugging section”.

What notifications are sent?

All notifications listed in this article:

Automatic Email & SMS Notifications

Additional settings for SMS: Listeo Core → SMS Options

Setting Name Option/Details
SMS Service Configuration
Enable SMS notifications activate SMS, turn on text messages, enable mobile notifications, activate messaging service, SMS functionality toggle, text notification system Activate SMS messaging functionality checkbox
SMS Provider SMS gateway, messaging service, text message provider, SMS API service, messaging platform, SMS vendor, bulk SMS service Choose SMS service provider select
Options: Twilio
API Configuration
Twilio Account SID Twilio account identifier, Twilio ID, account security identifier, Twilio credentials, SID authentication Twilio account identifier text
Twilio Auth Token Twilio secret key, authentication token, API secret, Twilio password, API authentication, security token Twilio authentication token password
Twilio Phone Number sender number, SMS from number, Twilio number, messaging number, outgoing number, SMS sender ID Your Twilio phone number for sending SMS text
OTP & Verification
Enable SMS OTP verification phone verification, mobile number verification, SMS authentication, two-factor SMS, 2FA SMS, phone number validation, mobile OTP Require SMS verification for user registration checkbox
OTP code length verification code digits, OTP length, PIN code length, security code length, verification digits, authentication code size Number of digits in OTP codes number
Range: 4-8 digits Default: 6
OTP expiry time (minutes) verification code validity, OTP timeout, code expiration, validation window, OTP TTL, verification time limit How long OTP codes remain valid number
Range: 1-60 minutes Default: 10
SMS OTP message template verification SMS template, OTP message format, authentication text template, verification SMS content, OTP text format Template for OTP SMS messages textarea
Available tags: {otp_code}, {site_name}, {expiry_minutes}
Default: “Your verification code is: {otp_code}. Valid for {expiry_minutes} minutes.”
SMS Notifications
Send SMS for new bookings booking SMS alert, new reservation SMS, owner booking notification, text alert for bookings, mobile booking notification Notify listing owners via SMS for new bookings checkbox
Send SMS for booking confirmations reservation confirmation SMS, booking success text, confirmation text message, booking approved SMS Send SMS confirmations to users after booking checkbox
Send SMS for booking cancellations cancellation SMS alert, booking cancelled text, cancellation notification SMS, reservation cancelled message Notify about booking cancellations via SMS checkbox
Send SMS for booking status changes status update SMS, booking modification text, status change notification, booking update alert SMS notifications for booking status updates checkbox
New booking SMS template booking notification template, new reservation SMS format, owner alert message, booking SMS content SMS template for new booking notifications textarea
Available tags: {listing_title}, {user_name}, {booking_date}, {site_name}
Booking confirmation SMS template confirmation SMS template, reservation success message, booking approved text, confirmation message format SMS template for booking confirmations textarea
Available tags: {listing_title}, {booking_date}, {booking_details}, {site_name}
Advanced SMS Settings
Default country code phone number prefix, international dialing code, country phone code, default prefix, national code, telephone country code Default country code for phone numbers select
Options: All country codes Default: +1 (US)
SMS rate limiting SMS throttling, message frequency limit, anti-spam SMS, SMS quota, send rate limit, message cap Limit SMS sending frequency checkbox
Maximum SMS per hour hourly SMS limit, messages per hour, hourly quota, SMS rate cap, hourly message limit Maximum SMS messages per hour per user number
Range: 1-100 Default: 10
Log SMS messages SMS logging, message history, SMS tracking, message audit, SMS records, delivery logging Keep logs of sent SMS messages checkbox
Default: ON
SMS log retention (days) log storage duration, message history retention, log expiry, SMS archive period, log cleanup period How long to keep SMS logs number
Range: 1-365 days Default: 30