How to add, test and assign proxies to your WhatsApp numbers

Why give each WhatsApp number its own proxy?#

A proxy gives a number its own IP address, so several numbers running on one computer do not all reach WhatsApp from the same internet connection. Proxies are optional. A number without one uses your own connection, shown as Direct connection (no proxy).

Wassuply applies a number's proxy to that number's session before WhatsApp Web opens, answers the proxy's username and password prompt for you, and stops WhatsApp Web's call traffic from going around the proxy. Each number's proxy is separate from the others, alongside its own session and browser fingerprint (see WhatsApp accounts).

The Proxies screen recommends residential or mobile (4G/LTE) proxies and one proxy per number, and warns that datacenter IPs are frequently blocked by WhatsApp. A proxy lowers the chance of your numbers being linked through one IP. It does not remove the other common ban causes, such as sending too early or too fast, covered in Sending safety.

Which proxy types and formats does Wassuply support?#

Wassuply supports SOCKS5, SOCKS4, HTTP and HTTPS proxies, with or without a username and password.

The port must be between 1 and 65535. Label and Host / IP are required; Username and Password are optional. When you change the protocol, the port switches to that protocol's default unless you have typed your own.

Bulk formats

• host:port, for example 192.168.1.100:3128
• host:port:username:password (a password may contain colons)
• socks5://username:password@host:port, and the same with socks4://, http:// or https://

Put one proxy per line. Lines starting with # are ignored, and lines without a protocol use the Default Protocol you choose. Imported proxies are labelled Proxy 1, Proxy 2 and so on.

How do you add a proxy and assign it to numbers?#

Add the proxy on the Proxies screen, tick the numbers that should use it, save, then click Verify.

1. 1

   Open the Proxies screen

   Click Proxies under Manage in the sidebar. The screen is titled Proxy Manager.

2. 2

   Click Add Proxy

   Use Add Proxy at the top right, or Add First Proxy if the list is empty.

3. 3

   Enter the details

   Fill in Label, Protocol, Port and Host / IP, plus Username and Password if your provider gave you them.

4. 4

   Tick the numbers

   Under Assign to Accounts, tick each number that should use this proxy. You can leave it unassigned for now.

5. 5

   Save

   Click Add Proxy. The proxy is applied to the ticked numbers straight away.

6. 6

   Verify

   Click Verify on the proxy's row and check every number shows as going through the proxy before you send.

You can also set a number's proxy from the account side: open Account Settings for the number, go to the Proxy tab, choose from Assigned Proxy and click Save Changes. The list marks each proxy as working, dead or untested.

Bulk Import and Auto-Assign

Bulk Import opens two tabs. Paste Text takes the formats above and shows how many lines are valid before you import. CSV / Excel lets you map columns to Host / IP and Port (required) and Username, Password, Protocol and Label (optional), with a preview; rows with a missing host or bad port are skipped. The import only accepts .csv files, so save a spreadsheet as CSV first.

Auto-Assign appears once you have proxies and accounts. It gives each number one proxy in round-robin order, cycling through the list if you have more numbers than proxies. By default it only fills numbers that have no proxy; tick Overwrite existing assignments to reassign every number.

What is the difference between Test and Verify?#

Test checks the proxy on its own; Verify checks that each assigned number's WhatsApp session actually goes through it.

Each proxy row shows a status dot: green Working with the last exit IP, red Dead, or grey Untested. The cards at the top count Total, Working, Dead and Assigned proxies. Editing the host, port, protocol or credentials resets a proxy to Untested.

What happens if a proxy stops working?#

The number cannot reach WhatsApp through it, and Wassuply does not switch that number to your own connection or to another proxy on its own, so sending from it fails until you fix or change the proxy.

Failed sends count towards the number's risk score, and a campaign with a failure-rate auto-pause set will pause once failures reach that level. Campaigns only send from numbers whose status is Connected, so a number that drops to Disconnected is skipped while other numbers in the campaign carry on.

• Click Test to confirm the proxy is down. It is marked Dead.
• Check the host, port, protocol and credentials with your provider, then edit the proxy. Changes apply to the numbers' live sessions at once, with no restart.
• Or assign a different proxy, from the proxy's edit window or the number's Proxy tab.
• Run Verify again before you resume sending.

Frequently asked questions#