[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":95},["ShallowReactive",2],{"pseo:vs-cloud-api:post-status":3,"highlight:vs-cloud-api:post-status":91},{"availability":4,"ban_risk":5,"ban_risk_note":6,"cloud_api_status":7,"demand":8,"facts":9,"faqs":34,"feature":45,"meta":49,"official_workaround":51,"related":52,"seo":65,"short_verdict":78,"slug":47,"tier":79,"updated":11,"url":73,"verdict":80,"wapito_endpoint":81},"ga","medium","Status posts are seen only by people who already saved your number, which makes them gentler than messaging, but they are still activity on the linked number and they still count toward the pacing budget. Posting a dozen times a day is what a spam account looks like; once or twice is what a shop looks like.","forbidden","high",[10,16,22,28],{"checked":11,"claim":12,"key":13,"quote":14,"source_url":15},"2026-09-15","Meta's Cloud API reference documents no endpoints for creating or administering WhatsApp groups. There is no way to create a group, list one, add or remove participants, manage admins, or read an invite link, and no documented way to obtain a group id in the first place.","groups_unsupported","Paraphrase (not a verbatim quote), read from the Cloud API reference index on the checked date: the reference covers sending messages to WhatsApp users and managing message templates; no group node or edge appears in it. The messages reference does list a group recipient type, but no endpoint returns or creates a group id, so the value cannot be obtained.","https:\u002F\u002Fdevelopers.facebook.com\u002Fdocs\u002Fwhatsapp\u002Fcloud-api\u002Freference",{"checked":11,"claim":17,"cost_label":18,"key":19,"quote":20,"source_url":21},"A business may send free-form messages only inside a 24-hour customer service window that the user opens by messaging or calling. Once the window closes, only pre-approved template messages may be sent.","Writing to someone first","template_and_24h_window","\"When a WhatsApp user messages you or calls you, a 24-hour timer called a customer service window starts.\" and \"When the window closes, you can only send pre-approved template messages.\" (both verbatim)","https:\u002F\u002Fdevelopers.facebook.com\u002Fdocs\u002Fwhatsapp\u002Fcloud-api\u002Fguides\u002Fsend-messages",{"checked":11,"claim":23,"cost_label":24,"key":25,"quote":26,"source_url":27},"Meta charges for the WhatsApp Business Platform per message rather than per conversation. The earlier per-conversation model was replaced on 1 July 2025, so any comparison written before that date is out of date; free entry point windows remain an exception.","Every message you send","per_message_pricing","\"Effective July 1, 2025, Meta charges on a per-message basis\" (verbatim). The same page describes Free Entry Point windows, which stay open for 72 hours and carry no charge for messages sent while open.","https:\u002F\u002Fdevelopers.facebook.com\u002Fdocs\u002Fwhatsapp\u002Fpricing",{"checked":11,"claim":29,"cost_label":30,"key":31,"quote":32,"source_url":33},"Apps that need advanced access to Meta's permissions may have to complete Business Verification, a process in which Meta collects information to verify the business entity. It is a real onboarding step with a real elapsed time, and it has no equivalent when you link a number you already own.","Getting onto the platform","business_verification","\"As of February 1, 2023, if your app requires advanced level access to permissions, you might need to complete Business Verification.\" and \"Business Verification is a process that allows us to gather information about you and your Business so we can verify your identity as a business entity.\" (both verbatim)","https:\u002F\u002Fdevelopers.facebook.com\u002Fdocs\u002Fdevelopment\u002Frelease\u002Fbusiness-verification",[35,39,42],{"a":36,"q":37,"source":38},"People who have saved your number in their contacts and have not restricted status from you. There is no subscriber list and no way to add someone, so growing reach means getting more people to save your number - which is a marketing problem rather than an API one.","Who actually sees my status?","features.json",{"a":40,"q":41,"source":38},"Not inside WhatsApp, but that is exactly what the API is for: run a scheduler on your side and call the endpoint at the moment you want the post to appear. Since statuses expire after a day, posting at the right hour matters more here than for almost anything else.","Can I schedule status posts?",{"a":43,"q":44,"source":38},"It is activity on the linked number and is paced through the same queue, so treat it as part of your daily budget rather than as free. It does not consume a per-recipient send the way a broadcast would, which is part of why it is an efficient way to reach saved contacts.","Does posting status count as sending?",{"name":46,"slug":47,"url":48},"Post Status","post-status","\u002Fwhatsapp-api\u002Fpost-status\u002F",{"checked":11,"doc_url":15,"quote":50},"Paraphrase (not a verbatim quote), checked against the Cloud API reference index: no status or story node appears in the reference.","None. Status is posted from the phone by a person, which rules out scheduling and rules out posting the same update across several numbers.",{"alternatives":53,"glossary":54,"matrix":64,"pillar":48},[],[55,58,61],{"title":56,"url":57},"Status story","\u002Fglossary\u002Fstatus-story\u002F",{"title":59,"url":60},"PTT","\u002Fglossary\u002Fptt\u002F",{"title":62,"url":63},"Newsletter","\u002Fglossary\u002Fnewsletter\u002F","\u002Fvs-cloud-api\u002F",{"breadcrumb":66,"canonical":74,"description":75,"h1":76,"lastmod":11,"title":77},[67,70,72],{"name":68,"url":69},"Home","\u002F",{"name":71,"url":64},"vs Cloud API",{"name":46,"url":73},"\u002Fvs-cloud-api\u002Fpost-status\u002F","https:\u002F\u002Fwapito.com\u002Fvs-cloud-api\u002Fpost-status\u002F","No. Status does not exist in the official API. Meta's Cloud API documents no status or story endpoints. Checked against Meta's own documentation on 2026-09-15.","Can the official WhatsApp API post a status?","Can the Official WhatsApp API Post a Status? | Wapito","No. Status does not exist in the official API.","t4","Meta's Cloud API documents no status or story endpoints. A business on the official platform cannot post to the updates strip at all, which matters because status reaches saved contacts without landing in an inbox - a materially different channel from a message.",{"availability":4,"ban_risk":5,"curl":82,"method":85,"operationId":86,"path":87,"summary":88,"tag":89,"url":90},{"code":83,"lang":84},"curl --request POST \\\n  --url https:\u002F\u002Fapi.wapito.com\u002Fv1\u002Fstories\u002Ftext \\\n  --header 'Authorization: Bearer wpt_YOUR_TOKEN' \\\n  --header 'Content-Type: application\u002Fjson' \\\n  --data '{\"body\":\"Workshop closed Friday for stocktake. Orders ship Monday.\",\"background_color\":\"#0B7F5C\",\"font\":2,\"contacts\":[\"+15551234567\",\"+15559876543\"]}'","bash","POST","postTextStory","\u002Fstories\u002Ftext","Post a text status","stories","\u002Fdocs\u002Fapi\u002Fstories\u002Fpost-text-story\u002F",[92],{"label":93,"id":93,"lang":84,"code":83,"html":94},"curl","\u003Cpre class=\"shiki shiki-themes github-light-default github-dark-default\" style=\"background-color:#ffffff;--shiki-dark-bg:#0d1117;color:#1f2328;--shiki-dark:#e6edf3\" tabindex=\"0\">\u003Ccode>\u003Cspan class=\"line\">\u003Cspan style=\"color:#953800;--shiki-dark:#FFA657\">curl\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"color:#0550AE;--shiki-dark:#79C0FF\"> --request\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"color:#0A3069;--shiki-dark:#A5D6FF\"> POST\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"color:#CF222E;--shiki-dark:#FF7B72\"> \\\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\n\u003Cspan class=\"line\">\u003Cspan style=\"color:#0550AE;--shiki-dark:#79C0FF\">  --url\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"color:#0A3069;--shiki-dark:#A5D6FF\"> https:\u002F\u002Fapi.wapito.com\u002Fv1\u002Fstories\u002Ftext\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"color:#CF222E;--shiki-dark:#FF7B72\"> \\\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\n\u003Cspan class=\"line\">\u003Cspan style=\"color:#0550AE;--shiki-dark:#79C0FF\">  --header\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"color:#0A3069;--shiki-dark:#A5D6FF\"> 'Authorization: Bearer wpt_YOUR_TOKEN'\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"color:#CF222E;--shiki-dark:#FF7B72\"> \\\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\n\u003Cspan class=\"line\">\u003Cspan style=\"color:#0550AE;--shiki-dark:#79C0FF\">  --header\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"color:#0A3069;--shiki-dark:#A5D6FF\"> 'Content-Type: application\u002Fjson'\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"color:#CF222E;--shiki-dark:#FF7B72\"> \\\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\n\u003Cspan class=\"line\">\u003Cspan style=\"color:#0550AE;--shiki-dark:#79C0FF\">  --data\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"color:#0A3069;--shiki-dark:#A5D6FF\"> '{\"body\":\"Workshop closed Friday for stocktake. Orders ship Monday.\",\"background_color\":\"#0B7F5C\",\"font\":2,\"contacts\":[\"+15551234567\",\"+15559876543\"]}'\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fcode>\u003C\u002Fpre>",1790464905115]