MMS text on ipad

Your iPad is not a cellular telephone. It has absolutely no ability to send or receive SMS or MMS messages. This is true regardless of whether you have a cellular iPad.

If you happen to own an iPhone, you may forward SMS/MMS messages to/from there.

Forward SMS/MMS text messages from your iPhone to your Mac or iPad - Apple Support

An iPad, whether a Cellular model or not, is not capable of directly accessing Cellular Voice or SMS/MMS Messaging features. An iPad with either WiFi or Cellular connectivity alone can only access IP-data services. If you have added a DataSIM and Cellular plan to a WiFi+Cellular model of iPad, the number associated with the SIM card is only used to identify your account for billing purposes. This number is not used for making calls or sending messages.

However, when paired with an iPhone, the capabilities of iPad significantly broaden to include access to Cellular Voice and Messaging services of the associated iPhone - relayed to the iPad over WiFi using Apple’s continuity features.

More information about Continuity and the relevant Cellular services can be found here:

Continuity

Use Continuity to connect your Mac, iPhone, iPad, iPod touch and Apple Watch – Apple Support

SMS/MMS Messaging

How to forward SMS/MMS text messages from your iPhone to your iPad, iPod touch or Mac - Apple Support

WiFi Calling

Make a call with Wi-Fi Calling – Apple Support

If you have an iPhone - and both iPad and iPhone are signed-in to iCloud with the same AppleID - to send SMS/MMS messages (green bubbles) from your iPad you must explicitly enable Text Message Forwarding for your iPad on your iPhone...

On your iPhone:

Settings > Messages > 

• Text Message Forwarding - set to ON - and explicitly enable your iPad from the list of devices.
• MMS Messaging - set to ON

Also ensure that Messages in iCloud is enabled on both your iPhone and iPad:

Settings > [Your Name / AppleID] > Messages - set to ON

Well, if Text Message Forwarding used to work and no longer works, check every item shown under “Automatically forward texts to your other devices” in the article I linked above. And be certain you’re using two-factor authentication for your Apple ID.