David Marín Carreño

<p>DFX Feed for Telegram Channels mirrors messages from one or more Telegram channels onto your WordPress site. Messages are fetched via a Telegram bot you control, stored locally as a custom post type, and rendered through a shortcode, Gutenberg block, or Elementor widget. Both public and private channels are supported.</p>
<h4>Features</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>Three rendering surfaces</strong> — shortcode, Gutenberg block, or Elementor widget. The block exposes per-instance styling controls (border, background, padding, typography per element).</li>
<li><strong>Full media support</strong> — photos at the highest resolution available, video and animation thumbnails, static stickers, animated TGS stickers via Lottie, and WEBM video stickers.</li>
<li><strong>Bot token never reaches the client</strong> — Telegram file URLs (which embed your bot token) are resolved server-side; the frontend only receives a token-less proxy URL. Media is cached on disk for performance.</li>
<li><strong>Edits sync automatically</strong> with a small “(edited)” marker carrying the edit timestamp.</li>
<li><strong>Background refresh every 2 minutes</strong> via WP-cron, plus on-demand refresh on frontend visits as a fallback for low-traffic sites.</li>
<li><strong>Per-message admin controls</strong> — Hide (reversible, suppresses on frontend) and Move to Trash (sticky against refresh) row actions.</li>
<li><strong>Theme template overrides</strong> — drop <code>dfxfftc/feed.php</code> or <code>dfxfftc/browser.php</code> into your theme to fully customize the output.</li>
<li><strong>Works with private channels</strong> if your bot is admin in them.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Usage</h3>
<ul>
<li>Use <code>[dfxfftc_channel_feed channel="yourchannel" count="5"]</code> to show the N latest messages.</li>
<li>Use <code>[dfxfftc_channel_browser channel="yourchannel"]</code> to show the full channel history.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Behaviour and known limitations</h3>
<ul>
<li><strong>Bot-only access.</strong> Messages are fetched via the Telegram Bot API, which only sees posts that arrived in the channel after the bot was added. There is no access to historical messages from before that point.</li>
<li><strong>Background refresh every 2 minutes.</strong> The plugin schedules a WP-cron task that pulls fresh updates from Telegram for every channel you have stored data for. This keeps the local feed within ~2 minutes of the live channel without any manual action. Note that WP-cron only fires when traffic hits your site — on low-traffic installations you may want to disable WP-cron and trigger <code>wp-cron.php</code> from a real system cron job for reliable execution. The on-demand refresh on frontend visits is also kept as a fallback.</li>
<li><strong>Edits sync automatically.</strong> When a message is edited in Telegram, the local copy is updated on the next refresh and a small “(edited)” marker is shown next to the date.</li>
<li><strong>Deletions are not syncable automatically.</strong> The Telegram Bot API does not notify bots about channel message deletions — there is no <code>deleted_channel_post</code> update type. To remove a message that has been deleted in Telegram from the local feed, use the per-message <strong>“Move to Trash”</strong> admin row action. Trashed messages are sticky: refresh will not bring them back.</li>
<li><strong>Hide vs. Trash.</strong> Use <strong>Hide</strong> to keep a message in the database but suppress it on the frontend (reversible via “Unhide”). Use <strong>Move to Trash</strong> for a permanent local removal.</li>
</ul>
<h3>External services</h3>
<p>This plugin connects to the <strong>Telegram Bot API</strong> to fetch channel messages, resolve media file URLs, and verify bot credentials.</p>
<h4>What data is sent</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>Bot token</strong> (configured in Settings) — sent with every API call to authenticate your bot.</li>
<li><strong>Channel username or ID</strong> — sent when fetching messages via <code>getUpdates</code> and when testing the bot configuration via <code>getChatMember</code>.</li>
<li><strong>File IDs</strong> — sent when resolving media URLs via <code>getFile</code> so the plugin can proxy photos, stickers, and video thumbnails to the frontend without exposing the bot token.</li>
</ul>
<h4>When data is sent</h4>
<ul>
<li>On every WP-cron background refresh cycle (every ~2 minutes when site traffic is present).</li>
<li>On frontend page loads when the on-demand refresh fallback fires (at most once per 10 minutes per channel).</li>
<li>When an admin clicks “Refresh Messages” in the admin list page.</li>
<li>When an admin clicks “Test Connection” on the Settings page.</li>
<li>When a visitor views a page containing a message with media (the media proxy fetches the file from Telegram on first access and caches it locally).</li>
</ul>
<h4>Service provider</h4>
<p>Telegram Bot API, provided by Telegram FZ-LLC.</p>
<ul>
<li>Terms of Service: https://telegram.org/tos</li>
<li>Privacy Policy: https://telegram.org/privacy</li>
<li>Bot API documentation: https://core.telegram.org/bots/api</li>
</ul>
<h3>License</h3>
<p>GPL v3 or later</p>


DFX Feed for Telegram Channels

Display messages from Telegram channels on your WordPress site, with full media support, via shortcode, Gutenberg block, or Elementor widget.

Irshad Ahmad

WP Socio

<p>Display the Telegram Public Channel or Group Feed in a WordPress widget or anywhere you want using a simple shortcode.</p>
<h3>Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>Provides an ajax widget to display channel feed</li>
<li>Ajax widget contains a Join Channel link</li>
<li>A separate Join Channel Link/Button</li>
<li>Pulls updates automatically from Telegram</li>
<li>Uses a responsive widget to display the feed</li>
<li>Fits anywhere you want it to be</li>
<li>The received messages can be seen from /wp-admin</li>
<li>Automatically removes deleted messages</li>
<li>Can be displayed using a shortcode</li>
<li>Available as a Gutengerg block</li>
<li>Allows embedding of Telegram public channel messages</li>
<li>Can be extended with custom code</li>
</ul>
<h3>Widget Info</h3>
<p><strong>Ajax Widget</strong><br />
Goto <strong>Appearance</strong> > <strong>Widgets</strong> and click/drag <strong>WP Telegram Ajax Widget</strong> and place it where you want it to be.</p>
<p>Alternately, you can use the below shortcode.</p>
<p>Inside page or post content:</p>
<pre><code>[wptelegram-ajax-widget username="WPTelegram" width="100%" height="500px"]
</code></pre>
<p>Inside the theme templates</p>
<pre><code><?php
if ( function_exists( 'wptelegram_ajax_widget' ) ) {
    wptelegram_ajax_widget();
}
?>
</code></pre>
<p>or</p>
<pre><code><?php
    echo do_shortcode( '[wptelegram-ajax-widget width="98%" height="700px"]' );
?>
</code></pre>
<p><strong>Legacy Widget</strong><br />
Goto <strong>Appearance</strong> > <strong>Widgets</strong> and click/drag <strong>WP Telegram Legacy  Widget</strong> and place it where you want it to be.</p>
<p>Alternately, you can use the below shortcode.</p>
<p>Inside page or post content:</p>
<pre><code>[wptelegram-widget num_messages="5" width="100%" author_photo="auto"]
</code></pre>
<p>Inside the theme templates</p>
<pre><code><?php
if ( function_exists( 'wptelegram_widget' ) ) {
    $args = array(
        // 'author_photo' => 'auto',
        // 'num_messages' => 5,
        // 'width'        => 100,
    );

    wptelegram_widget( $args );
}
?>
</code></pre>
<p>or</p>
<pre><code><?php
    echo do_shortcode( '[wptelegram-widget num_messages="5" width="100%" author_photo="always_show"]' );
?>
</code></pre>
<p><strong>Join Link</strong><br />
Goto <strong>Appearance</strong> > <strong>Widgets</strong> and click/drag <strong>WP Telegram Join Channel</strong> and place it where you want it to be.</p>
<p>Alternately, you can use the below shortcode.</p>
<p>Inside page or post content:</p>
<pre><code>[wptelegram-join-channel link="https://t.me/WPTelegram" text="Join @WPTelegram on Telegram"]
</code></pre>
<p>Inside the theme templates</p>
<pre><code><?php
if ( function_exists( 'wptelegram_join_channel' ) ) {
    $args = array(
        'link' => 'https://t.me/WPTelegram',
        'text' => 'Join @WPTelegram on Telegram',
    );
    wptelegram_join_channel( $args );
}
?>
</code></pre>
<p>or</p>
<pre><code>
</code></pre>
<h3>Excellent Support</h3>
<h4>Join the Chat</h4>
<p>We have a public group on Telegram to provide help setting up the plugin, discuss issues, features, translations etc. Join <a href="https://t.me/WPTelegramChat" rel="nofollow ugc">@WPTelegramChat</a><br />
For rules, see the pinned message. No spam please.</p>
<h4>Get in touch</h4>
<ul>
<li>Website <a href="https://wpsocio.com" rel="nofollow ugc">wpsocio.com</a></li>
<li>Telegram <a href="https://t.me/WPTelegram" rel="nofollow ugc">@WPTelegram</a></li>
<li>Facebook <a href="https://fb.com/WPTelegram" rel="nofollow ugc">@WPTelegram</a></li>
<li>Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/WPTelegram" rel="nofollow ugc">@WPTelegram</a></li>
</ul>
<h3>Contribution</h3>
<p>Development takes place in our <a href="https://github.com/wpsocio/wp-projects" rel="nofollow ugc">Github monorepo</a>, and all contributions welcome.</p>


WP Telegram Widget and Join Link

Display the Telegram Public Channel or Group Feed in a WordPress widget or anywhere you want using a simple shortcode.

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