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.

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Aleksandar Urošević

<p>Add <strong>My YouTube Channel</strong> widget to the widget area or shortcode to post/page content, set <strong>Channel ID</strong> or <strong>Playlist ID</strong>, chose resource to use and keep defaults for all other options. And voila! You will get the latest video from chosen YouTube channel or playlist.</p>
<p><strong>IMPORTANT</strong> My YouTube Channel does not support <strong>Live Streams</strong> and does not have Gutenberg Block. Use <strong>Shortcode Block</strong> or <strong>Classic Block</strong> to insert shortcode to page/post content.</p>
<p>If you like our plugin and find it useful, please <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/view/plugin-reviews/youtube-channel" rel="ugc">write a review and rate it</a>.</p>
<p>For a manually picked set of videos from YouTube, check out <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/easy-youtube-gallery/" rel="ugc">Easy YouTube Gallery</a>.</p>
<h4>Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>Show latest videos from My YouTube Channel (ordered in reverse chronological order related to the creation date), or from Playlist</li>
<li>Option to get a random video from any of two resources</li>
<li>Responsive (one full-width video per row) or non-responsive</li>
<li>Preferred aspect ratio relative to width (16:9 and 4:3)</li>
<li>Custom width for video embeded object (default is 306px)</li>
<li>Four modes to display video: <strong>thumbnail</strong> (<code>default</code>), <strong>HTML5</strong> (<code>iframe</code>), <strong>HTML5 Asynchronous</strong> (<code>iframe2</code>) abd <strong>Playlist Embed</strong> (<code>playlist</code>)</li>
<li>Thumbnail mode opens the video in lightbox</li>
<li>[NEW] Optionally store thumbnail images locally for improved speed performance and cache policy</li>
<li>Enhanced Privacy – please note that display mode <strong>HTML5 (IFRAME) Asynchronous</strong> (shortcode parameter <code>iframe2</code>) does not support Enhanced Privacy due to YouTube API limitations</li>
<li>Hide or show video title above/below/inside video wrapped to HTML tag by your choice (h3, h4, h5, span or div)</li>
<li>Custom feed caching timeout</li>
<li>Optional video autoplay with optional muted audio</li>
<li>(Optional) <em>TinyMCE button</em> on post/page edit (can be disabled on General plugin settings page), which open a shortcode GUI generator to help you build a shortcode</li>
<li>Show link to channel/handle below videos (vanity and legacy username are deprecated since v3.23.0)</li>
<li>Final look is highly customisable thanks to classes for each element of YTC block!</li>
</ul>
<h4>Requirements</h4>
<p>For a fully functional plugin, PHP 7.4 or newer has required! If you use older PHP, we highly recommend you request from your developer, server support or hosting company to update PHP to a secure version.</p>
<h4>Styling</h4>
<p>Use Customizer, <code>style.css</code> from the child theme or <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/head-footer-code/" rel="ugc">Head & Footer Code</a> plugin to custom style and tweak the look and feel of the My YouTube Channel blocks. You can utilise the following classes:</p>
<ul>
<li><code>.widget_youtube-channel</code> – class of whole widget (parent for widget title and YTC block)</li>
<li><code>.youtube_channel</code> – YTC block wrapper class. Additional classes are available:
<ul>
<li><code>.default</code> – for non-responsive block</li>
<li><code>.responsive</code> – when you have enabled responsive option</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><code>.ytc_title</code> – class for video title container above thumbnail/video object
<ul>
<li><code>.ytc_title_above</code> – additional class for video title above video/thumbnail</li>
<li><code>.ytc_title_below</code> – additional class for video title below video/thumbnail</li>
<li><code>.ytc_title_inside</code> – additional class for video title printed inside of the thumbnail</li>
<li><code>.ytc_title_inside_bottom</code> – additional class for bottom aligned video title printed inside of the thumbnail</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><code>.ytc_video_container</code> – class of container for single item, plus:
<ul>
<li><code>.ytc_video_1</code>, <code>.ytc_video_2</code>, … – class of container for single item with ordering number of item in widget</li>
<li><code>.ytc_video_first</code> – class of first container for single item</li>
<li><code>.ytc_video_mid</code> – class of all other containers for single item</li>
<li><code>.ytc_video_last</code> – class of last container for single item</li>
<li><code>.ar16_9</code> – class for Aspect Ratio 16:9</li>
<li><code>.ar4_3</code> – class for Aspect Ration 4:3</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><code>.ytc_thumb</code> – class of anchor for Thumbnail mode</li>
<li><code>.fluid-width-video-wrapper</code> – class for parent element of IFRAME for enabled responsive</li>
<li><code>.ytc_description</code> – class for video description text below thumbnail/video object</li>
<li><code>.ytc_link</code> – class of container for link to channel</li>
</ul>
<h4>Known Issues</h4>
<ul>
<li>Video title and description for embedded playlist mode do not work.</li>
<li>Removing the YouTube logo from the playback control bar does not work for all videos.</li>
<li>Autoplay does not work always</li>
</ul>
<p>If WordFence or other malware scan tool detect My YouTube Channel file <code>youtube-channel.php</code> as a potential risk because <code>base64_encode()</code> and <code>base64_decode()</code> functions, remember that we use this two functions to store and restore JSON feeds to transient cache, so potential detection is false positive.</p>
<h4>Credits</h4>
<ul>
<li>For playing videos in lightbox we use <a href="https://github.com/henrygd/bigger-picture" rel="nofollow ugc">Bigger Picture</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Shortcode</h4>
<p>Along with Widget, you can add My YouTube Channel block inline by using shortcode <code>[youtube_channel]</code>. Default plugin parameters will be used for shortcode, but you can customize all parameters per shortcode.</p>
<p><strong>General Settings</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><code>class</code> (string) Set custom class if you wish to target special styling for specific YTC block</li>
<li><code>channel</code> (string) ID of preferred YouTube channel. Do not set full URL to channel, but just last part from URL – ID (name)</li>
<li><code>handle</code> (string) defined custom handle from <a href="https://www.youtube.com/handle" rel="nofollow ugc">YouTube handle</a></li>
<li><code>vanity</code> (string) <strong>DEPRECATED</strong> part after www.youtube.com/c/ from <a href="https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/2657968?hl=en" rel="nofollow ugc">Custom URL</a></li>
<li><code>username</code> (string) <strong>DEPRECATED</strong> Optional legacy YouTube username.</li>
<li><code>playlist</code> (string) ID of preferred YouTube playlist.</li>
<li><code>resource</code> (int) Resource to use for feed:
<ul>
<li><code>0</code> Channel (User uploads)</li>
<li><code>1</code> <strong>DEPRECATED</strong> Favorites (for defined channel)</li>
<li><code>2</code> Playlist</li>
<li><code>3</code> <strong>DEPRECATED</strong> Liked Videos</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><code>cache</code> (int) Period in seconds for caching feed. You can disable caching by setting this option to 0, but if you have a lot of visits, consider at least short caching (couple minutes).</li>
<li><code>fetch</code> (int) Number of videos that will be used as stack for random pick (min 2, max 50)</li>
<li><code>num</code> (int) Number of videos to display per YTC block.</li>
<li><code>random</code> (bool) Option to randomize videos on every page load.</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Video Settings</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><code>ratio</code> (int) Set preferred aspect ratio for thumbnail and video. You can use:
<ul>
<li><code>3</code> 16:9 (widescreen)</li>
<li><code>1</code> 4:3</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><code>responsive</code> (bool) Distribute one full width video per row.</li>
<li><code>width</code> (int) Width of thumbnail and video in pixels.</li>
<li><code>display</code> (string) Object that will be used to represent video. We have couple predefined options:
<ul>
<li><code>thumbnail</code> Thumbnail will be used and video will be loaded in lightbox. (default)</li>
<li><code>iframe</code> HTML5 (iframe)</li>
<li><code>iframe2</code> HTML5 (iframe) with asynchronous loading – recommended</li>
<li><code>playlist</code> Embedded playlist (same behaviour as old function <code>only_pl</code>)</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><code>thumb_quality</code> (string) Define image quality for thumbnail display mode. Default is <code>hqdefault</code>, available:
<ul>
<li><code>default</code> Default Quality (120x90px)</li>
<li><code>mqdefault</code> Medium Quality (320x180px)</li>
<li><code>hqdefault</code> High Quality (480x360px)</li>
<li><code>sddefault</code> Standard Definition (640x480px)</li>
<li><code>maxresdefault</code> Maximum Resolution (1280x720px)</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><code>no_thumb_title</code> (bool) By default YouTube thumbnail will have tooltip with info about video title and date of publishing. By setting this option to 1 or true you can hide tooltip</li>
<li><code>themelight</code> (bool) By default YouTube have dark play controls theme. By setting this option to 1 or true you can get light theme in player (HTML5 and Flash)</li>
<li><code>controls</code> (bool) Set this option to 1 or true to hide playback controls.</li>
<li><code>autoplay</code> (bool) Enable autoplay of first video in YTC video stack by setting this option to 1 or true</li>
<li><code>mute</code> (bool) Set this option to 1 or true to mute videos set to autoplay on load</li>
<li><code>norel</code> (bool) Set this option to 1 or true to hide related videos after finished playbak</li>
<li><code>nobrand</code> (bool) Set this option to 1 or true to hide YouTube logo from playback control bar</li>
<li><code>nolightbox</code> (bool) Set this option to 1 or true to prevent YTC block with thumbnail to open in lightbox. If you have other plugin that trigger youtube links for lightbox, that one will steal links from this YTC block.</li>
<li><code>target</code> (string) If you enable nolightbox for specific YTC block, you can force opening of thumbnail links in new tab/window if you set this shortcode option to <code>_blank</code> like <code>target="_blank"</code>.</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Content Layout</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><code>showtitle</code> (string):
<ul>
<li><code>none</code> – Hide title</li>
<li><code>above</code> – Display title above video/thumbnail</li>
<li><code>below</code> – Display title below video/thumbnail</li>
<li><code>inside</code> – Display top aligned title inside thumbnail; if <code>display</code> is not <code>thumbnail</code> then treat as <code>above</code></li>
<li><code>inside_b</code> – Display bottom aligned title inside thumbnail; if <code>display</code> is not <code>thumbnail</code> then treat as <code>below</code></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><code>titletag</code> – Video title HTML tag to wrap title (H3, H4, H5, div, span, strong, etc)</li>
<li><code>showdesc</code> (bool) Set to 1 or true to show video description.</li>
<li><code>desclen</code> (int) Set number of characters to cut down length of video description. Set to 0 to use full length description.</li>
<li><code>noinfo</code> (bool) Set to 1 or true to hide overlay video infos (from embedded player)</li>
<li><code>noanno</code> (bool) Set to 1 or true to hide overlay video annotations (from embedded player)</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Link to Channel</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><code>goto_txt</code> (string)</li>
<li><code>popup</code> (int) Control where link to channel will be opened:
<ul>
<li><code>0</code> open link in same window</li>
<li><code>1</code> <strong>DEPRECATED</strong> open link in new window with JavaScript</li>
<li><code>2</code> open link in new window with target=”_blank” anchor attribute</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><code>link_to</code> (string) URL to link:
<ul>
<li><code>none</code> Hide link (defult)</li>
<li><code>handle</code> YouTube handle URL</li>
<li><code>channel</code> Channel page</li>
<li><code>vanity</code> <strong>DEPRECATED</strong> Vanity custom URL</li>
<li><code>legacy</code> <strong>DEPRECATED</strong> Legacy username page</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<p><em>Please note, to enhance plugin functionality, we can change or deprecate some shortcode parameters in future.</em></p>
<h3>Filter hooks</h3>
<p>You can modify final output of video block by hooking to filter <code>ytc_print_video</code>.</p>
<p>Four parameters are provided:</p>
<ul>
<li><code>video_content</code> – HTML of original video block</li>
<li><code>item</code> – YouTube video object which contains:
<ul>
<li><code>snippet->publishedAt</code> – date of publishing YouTube video</li>
<li><code>shippet->title</code> – YouTube video title</li>
<li><code>shippet->description</code> – YouTube video description</li>
<li><code>snippet->resourceId->videoId</code> – YouTube video ID</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><code>instance</code> – Current My YouTube Channel Block parameters, including global settings:
<ul>
<li><code>handle</code></li>
<li><code>channel</code></li>
<li><code>vanity</code> <strong>DEPRECATED</strong></li>
<li><code>username</code> <strong>DEPRECATED</strong></li>
<li><code>playlist</code></li>
<li><code>resource</code></li>
<li><code>cache</code></li>
<li><code>fetch</code></li>
<li><code>num</code></li>
<li><code>skip</code></li>
<li><code>privacy</code></li>
<li><code>ratio</code></li>
<li><code>width</code></li>
<li><code>responsive</code></li>
<li><code>display</code></li>
<li><code>fullscreen</code></li>
<li><code>controls</code></li>
<li><code>autoplay</code></li>
<li><code>autoplay_mute</code></li>
<li><code>norel</code></li>
<li><code>playsinline</code></li>
<li><code>showtitle</code></li>
<li><code>titletag</code></li>
<li><code>showdesc</code></li>
<li><code>desclen</code></li>
<li><code>modestbranding</code></li>
<li><code>hideanno</code></li>
<li><code>goto_txt</code></li>
<li><code>popup_goto</code></li>
<li><code>link_to</code></li>
<li><code>tinymce</code></li>
<li><code>nolightbox</code></li>
<li><code>apikey</code></li>
<li><code>thumb_quality</code></li>
<li><code>timeout</code></li>
<li><code>random</code></li>
<li><code>no_thumb_title</code></li>
<li><code>class</code></li>
<li><code>target</code></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><code>y</code> – order number of video (<code>1</code> for first, <code>2</code> for second, etc)</li>
</ul>
<p>Example:</p>
<pre><code>add_filter( 'ytc_print_video', 'customized_ytc_print_video', 10, 4 );
function customized_ytc_print_video( $video_block, $item, $instance, $y ) {
    // Do whatever you wish to do
    // ...
    return $video_block;
}
</code></pre>


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