How to Create WhatsApp Stickers with a Bot
Step-by-step guide: How to Create WhatsApp Stickers with a Bot. Easy to follow with screenshots and examples.
Building a dedicated WhatsApp sticker bot used to mean spinning up Baileys, writing media handlers, and dealing with WebP encoding. BotWave gives you a sticker bot in 2 minutes with full sticker-pack support, animated stickers, and customisation.
Prerequisites
- BotWave session connected.
- !sticker command enabled (default).
Step-by-step instructions
- 1
Pair a session, see "Create a WhatsApp Bot"
No special config needed for sticker mode; it ships ready.
- 2
Configure default sticker pack
Dashboard → Stickers → Default pack name. Every !sticker reply will be tagged with this pack so recipients can save the whole set.
- 3
Enable animated stickers
Dashboard → Stickers → Animated → ON. The bot will accept short videos and return animated WebP.
- 4
Pin sticker tutorials in your groups
A pinned message explaining !sticker, !sticker --circle, !sticker --animated drives adoption.
Expected result
A fully functional sticker bot that members can use without any documentation.
Power-user tips
- Use !sticker text=... for meme-style captioned stickers.
Frequently asked questions
Do animated stickers work on iPhone?
Yes, WhatsApp added cross-platform animated sticker support in 2021.
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