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title: Authentication WhatsApp Message Templates
slug: authentication-whatsapp-message-templates
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createdAt: 2024-10-03T06:38:03.728Z
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## <font color="#ae1536">**Introduction**</font>

Using message templates, you can add login or OTP messages to your WhatsApp campaigns. This will boost user trust and promote easy communication among users.

## <font color="#ae2836">**Availability**</font>

You can navigate to the section through:

- Go to the Broadcast menu -> Message Template page -> Click New Template. 
- Choose between creating the template from scratch or importing it from the template library based on your industry and use case.
- Select  “Create the Template from scratch”, then click on&#x20;

## <font color="#ae2836">Setup</font>

You can create an OTP/Authentication template in three steps:

1. Define your Template.
2. Select “OTP/Authentication” under “Purpose of your Template”.
3. Add Contents in Your Templates.

### Step 1 of OTP/Authentication Message template:

![](https://api.archbee.com/api/optimize/8ju8NipaWA-8AgZ30KCxA-p2fTBq5guoQrm3ihwu1yJ-20241003-065028.png)

1. **Template Name**: Add a name to identify your template through search easily.  Use lowercase alphanumeric characters \[a-z,0-9] and underscores (\_) for template names without spaces.
2. **Language**: Choose the preferred language.
3. **Purpose of the template**: OTP/Authentication - This category is used for sending OTP or Authentication codes
4. **Select the Content of your Template**: Authentication is a default selection for this selection.
   1. **Body Text**: Cannot be Edited.
   2. **Code Expiration warning:&#x20;**&#x59;ou can set an expiration time with a warning message that can't be edited. This is optional.
   3. **Security Disclaimer:&#x20;**&#x54;his is optional, and the disclaimer text is not editable.
   4. The remaining fields are mandatory - Body Text, and Buttons

Click **'Continue'** to proceed to Step 2.

### Step 2 of Create WhatsApp OTP/Authentication Message template:

![](https://api.archbee.com/api/optimize/8ju8NipaWA-8AgZ30KCxA-_oTlAWVC90Hk9hXJcA76o-20241003-065709.png)

1. If a Code Expiration Warning was selected in the previous step, then the Code Expiration Warning timeline could be set with the help of the toggle 
2. **Body Text:&#x20;**&#x54;his is the text that is followed by your verification code, which cannot be edited
3. **Button Label**: this is the name of the button (eg: Copy, Copy code, etc.)
4. Finally, click '**Request Approval**'
5. After requesting approval, a pop-up screen will prompt you to enter a sample value for VERIFICATION\_CODE. Enter as required.

![](https://api.archbee.com/api/optimize/8ju8NipaWA-8AgZ30KCxA-RaQxWcL-aNcaaGmVV4eHV-20241003-065919.png)

**Note:&#x20;**&#x4D;eta approval typically takes around 24-48 hours.