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New number or coexistence, business verification, display name, health and limits.

Connect a new WhatsApp numberConnect a phone number to the official WhatsApp Cloud API through MeAPI with Meta's Embedded Signup — prerequisites, every screen of the Facebook popup, adding more numbers and the manual (access token) method.Beginner · 10 minReconnect a disconnected number (expired connection, lost permission, no updates)What to do when your WhatsApp number was disconnected, the connection to Meta expired (error 190), the connection lost permission for the number (error 100), or Meta stopped sending updates for the number — how to connect it again without losing chats, contacts or settings.Beginner · 4 minCoexistence — keep the WhatsApp Business app on your numberConnect the number you already use in the WhatsApp Business app to MeAPI and keep the app. Requirements, every step of Meta's popup and the QR code, what syncs and what doesn't, the 14-day rule, speed and billing, troubleshooting (#3441047, no QR code, already registered) and how to disconnect.Beginner · 12 minVerify your business on Meta — documents, steps, timeline and rejections (India)How to get your business verified by Meta for the WhatsApp Business Platform. Why it matters (messaging limits, display name, blue tick, WhatsApp Flows), the documents accepted in India (GST, Udyam / MSME, incorporation, LLP or partnership deed, shop & establishment, utility bill or bank statement), domain, email and phone checks, the steps in Security Center, the timeline and the common rejections with fixes.Beginner · 10 minMeta Business verification and your display nameVerify your business with Meta (documents accepted in India, timelines, common rejections), choose a display name Meta approves, change it from My Numbers, and understand the verified badge.Intermediate · 12 minChange your WhatsApp display name — rules, examples, steps and reviewChange the business name customers see on WhatsApp from MeAPI's My Numbers. The naming rules behind Meta's rejection reasons with approved and rejected examples, the steps, what Meta says about review and timing (10 changes in 30 days, 14 days to go live), what happens while a name is in review, and what to do if it is rejected.Beginner · 7 minNumber health — quality rating and messaging limitsWhat WhatsApp's quality rating (High, Medium, Low) and messaging limit tiers mean, how MeAPI shows them, how to move up a tier, and what to do when quality drops.Intermediate · 8 minMessaging limits — what they are and how to increase them (250 → unlimited)WhatsApp's messaging limit explained with Meta's current rules — unique people you can start conversations with in a rolling 24 hours, per business portfolio and shared by all your numbers. The tiers (250, 2,000, 10,000, 100,000, unlimited), how to check your limit and quality, how and how fast it rises, a checklist to increase it, and how it differs from throughput and the per-user marketing limit (131049).Beginner · 8 minAdd a payment method to your WhatsApp accountFix "There is an error with the payment method" (Meta error 141006 / 131042) — why Meta blocks templates, campaigns and reminders without a working card, how to add one in WhatsApp Manager, INR billing for Indian businesses, and how to check it is fixed.Beginner · 5 minNumber or WhatsApp account restricted, flagged or blockedWhat it means when Meta restricts, flags or blocks your WhatsApp number or account, what still works, how to read Meta's reason in Business Support Home and WhatsApp Manager, how to request a review and how to keep it from happening again.Intermediate · 6 min