How to Send WhatsApp Booking Confirmation After Contact Form 7 Using Pabbly Connect

Learn how to send WhatsApp booking confirmations automatically after Contact Form 7 submissions using Pabbly Connect. Step-by-step guide included. Discover hidden automation capabilities within your existing tools. This guide shows you how to connect your essential applications and permanently eliminate redundant manual processes.

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1. Accessing Pabbly Connect for Integration

To send WhatsApp booking confirmations after a Contact Form 7 submission, the first step is to access Pabbly Connect. This powerful automation platform simplifies the process of integrating various applications without any coding skills.

Visit the Pabbly website by typing Pabbly.com in your browser. Once there, you can either sign in if you have an account or sign up for free to get started. The sign-up process provides you with 100 free tasks monthly, making it easy to test the platform.

2. Creating a New Workflow in Pabbly Connect

After signing into your Pabbly account, navigate to the Pabbly Connect dashboard. Here, you will create a new workflow to handle WhatsApp booking confirmations.

Click on the Create Workflow button and select the classic workflow builder. Name your workflow something descriptive, such as ‘Send WhatsApp Booking Confirmation After Contact Form 7’. Choose a folder for organization, like ‘WhatsApp Automations’, and click Create.

• Select the trigger as Contact Form 7.
• Set the trigger event to New Form Submission.
• Click on Connect to establish the integration.

Now, you have successfully created a workflow that will trigger whenever a new form submission is received through Contact Form 7.

3. Setting Up the Webhook for Contact Form 7

The next step involves setting up a webhook to connect Contact Form 7 with Pabbly Connect. This webhook will act as a bridge to send data from the form submissions to Pabbly.

In your Contact Form 7 plugin on WordPress, navigate to the form you created (e.g., ‘Booking’) and click on the Webhook tab. Here, paste the webhook URL provided by Pabbly Connect into the designated field.

• Remove any previously existing webhook URLs.
• Scroll down and click on Save to apply changes.

Once the webhook is saved, your Contact Form 7 is now set to send submission data directly to Pabbly Connect.

4. Testing the Integration and Capturing Responses

With the webhook set up, it’s time to test the integration. Go back to your Pabbly Connect workflow and click on Test Submission in your Contact Form 7. Fill out the form with dummy data and submit it.

After submission, return to Pabbly Connect to see if the response has been captured. You should see the details of the submission, including the name, email, and phone number.

Ensure that the data matches what you submitted. This confirms that the connection between Contact Form 7 and Pabbly Connect is working.

Now, you have successfully tested the integration, and Pabbly Connect is ready to send WhatsApp messages based on form submissions.

5. Sending WhatsApp Confirmation Messages

To send WhatsApp booking confirmations, configure the action step in your Pabbly Connect workflow. Choose WhatsApp Cloud API as the action application and select Send Template Message as the action event.

Connect your WhatsApp Cloud API account by entering the required details, including the access token, phone number ID, and WhatsApp business account ID. These can be found in your Meta for Developers account.

Map the phone number and name fields from the Contact Form 7 response. Select the template ID for your confirmation message.

Once all details are entered, click Save and Send Test Request. You should receive a confirmation message on WhatsApp, confirming that the automation is functioning correctly.

Conclusion

By following these steps, you can effectively send WhatsApp booking confirmations after receiving submissions from Contact Form 7 using Pabbly Connect. This automation saves time and enhances customer communication, ensuring every lead is acknowledged promptly.