WP Telegram Widget and Join Link

Description

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

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Features

  • Provides an ajax widget to display channel feed
  • Ajax widget contains a Join Channel link
  • A separate Join Channel Link/Button
  • Pulls updates automatically from Telegram
  • Uses a responsive widget to display the feed
  • Fits anywhere you want it to be
  • The received messages can be seen from /wp-admin
  • Automatically removes deleted messages
  • Can be displayed using a shortcode
  • Available as a Gutengerg block
  • Allows embeding of Telegram public channel messages
  • Can be extended with custom code

Widget Info

Ajax Widget
Goto Appearance > Widgets and click/drag WP Telegram Ajax Widget and place it where you want it to be.

Alternately, you can use the below shortcode.

Inside page or post content:

[wptelegram-ajax-widget username="WPTelegram" width="100%" height="500px"]

Inside the theme templates

<?php
if ( function_exists( 'wptelegram_ajax_widget' ) ) {
    wptelegram_ajax_widget();
}
?>

or

<?php
    echo do_shortcode( '[wptelegram-ajax-widget width="98%" height="700px"]' );
?>

Legacy Widget
Goto Appearance > Widgets and click/drag WP Telegram Legacy Widget and place it where you want it to be.

Alternately, you can use the below shortcode.

Inside page or post content:

[wptelegram-widget num_messages="5" width="100%" author_photo="auto"]

Inside the theme templates

<?php
if ( function_exists( 'wptelegram_widget' ) ) {
    $args = array(
        // 'author_photo' => 'auto',
        // 'num_messages' => 5,
        // 'width'        => 100,
    );

    wptelegram_widget( $args );
}
?>

or

<?php
    echo do_shortcode( '[wptelegram-widget num_messages="5" width="100%" author_photo="always_show"]' );
?>

Join Link
Goto Appearance > Widgets and click/drag WP Telegram Join Channel and place it where you want it to be.

Alternately, you can use the below shortcode.

Inside page or post content:

[wptelegram-join-channel link="https://t.me/WPTelegram" text="Join @WPTelegram on Telegram"]

Inside the theme templates

<?php
if ( function_exists( 'wptelegram_join_channel' ) ) {
    $args = array(
        'link' => 'https://t.me/WPTelegram',
        'text' => 'Join @WPTelegram on Telegram',
    );
    wptelegram_join_channel( $args );
}
?>

or

<?php
    echo do_shortcode( '[wptelegram-join-channel link="https://t.me/WPTelegram" text="Join us on Telegram"]' );
?>

Get in touch

Contribution
Development occurs on Github, and all contributions welcome.

Translations

Many thanks to the translators for the great job!

Screenshots

  • Ajax Widget Settings
  • Legacy Widget Settings
  • Legacy Widget Settings (Cont.)
  • Join Link Settings
  • Advancced Settings
  • Widget Settings (back-end)
  • Widget View (front-end)
  • Blocks
  • Join Link View

Blocks

This plugin provides 4 blocks.

  • Join Telegram Channel
  • Telegram Channel Ajax Feed
  • Telegram Channel Feed
  • Telegram Single Post

Installation

  1. Upload the wptelegram-widget folder to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory
  2. Activate the plugin through the Plugins menu in WordPress. After activation, you should see the menu of this plugin the the admin
  3. Configure the plugin.

Enjoy!

FAQ

How to create a Telegram Bot

How do I create a bot?.

Why Legacy Widget shows nothing?

Legacy Widget does not show the old messages. you need to post something new into the group/channel and wait for 5 minutes for the messages to appear. If you are too impatient to wait for the results 😄, then open the URL given under Tip! (below the instructions) in your browser.

Reviews

August 15, 2023 3 replies
Wow, that was super easy and quick. Took me less than 10 minutes from downloading the plugin to a perfectly working widget in the sidebar on my site. Not a single issue encountered. Congratulations to the developer of this mighty plugin. Where can I support your great work?The only thing I miss is a button to quickly move [back] to the latest post. I never know which way to scroll.
March 14, 2023
The developer coded an additional feature for me and went above and beyond. Can not recommend the plugin and the support that comes with it enough.
January 29, 2023
They helped me solving something I thought it was impossible 😀
May 19, 2022
The plugin works great. I was especially pleased with the support, which quickly solved my problem.
January 29, 2022
This plugin does exactly what I was after, and thanks to the friendly help of the developer I was able to customize the CSS. RECOMMENDED!
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Contributors & Developers

“WP Telegram Widget and Join Link” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.

Contributors

“WP Telegram Widget and Join Link” has been translated into 5 locales. Thank you to the translators for their contributions.

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Changelog

2.1.11

  • Maintenance release

2.1.10

  • Fixed translations not loaded for some strings

2.1.9

  • Added caching for the widget content

2.1.8

  • Fixed warnings in PHP 8.x

2.1.7

  • Maintenance release

2.1.6

  • Maintenance release

2.1.5

  • Fixed PHP warning for block_categories deprecation

2.1.4

  • Added lazy loading to iframes

2.1.3

  • Added new tab option for join link

2.1.2

  • Cleaned up the admin menu for single entry for WP Telegram

2.1.1

  • Fixed the issue of settings not saved due to trailing slash redirects

2.1.0

  • Added multi-channel support for Ajax Widget
  • Fixed the ugly URLs filter for widgets

2.0.5

  • Fixed the admin menu and settings page icon

2.0.4

  • Minor UI fixes for Join Link color picker

2.0.3

  • Fixed the last messed up update

2.0.2

  • Added color options to Join Link settings

2.0.1

  • Fixed the issue with message order in legacy widget

2.0.0

  • Switched to PHP namespaces
  • Added support for separate ajax and legacy widgets
  • Refreshed and improved the UI
  • Improved names for hooks and shortcodes