Senzastile AutoPost for Telegram

Tagline: WordPress → Telegram

Senzastile AutoPost for Telegram sends newly published posts to a Telegram channel using the Bot API. Settings, previews, and diagnostics live under the top-level AutoPost Telegram menu in your WordPress admin.

Features

• Automatic sharing when a post is published (duplicate sends avoided with post meta).
• Top-level admin menu: AutoPost Telegram → Settings (bot token, channel, HTML template, featured image option).
• Telegram parse_mode HTML with dynamic fields escaped and markup filtered through wp_kses().
• Card-based settings UI with hero, status, setup guide, and tools.
• Live template preview on the settings screen (sample data via AJAX).
• Optional dashboard widget with a connection snapshot.
• Manual share on the post editor for published posts.
• AJAX connection test with branded test image and HTML status message.
• Masked bot token in settings (reveal on demand; tests use saved credentials).
• Last API/HTTP error surfaced for administrators (optional).

Placeholders: {title}, {excerpt}, {url}, {hashtags} (post tags as Telegram hashtags), {categories} (comma-separated category names), {site_name}. Legacy: {permalink} (same as {url}), {author}, {date}.

Allowed HTML in templates: b, strong, i, em, code, a (href).

External services

This plugin connects to the Telegram Bot API to publish WordPress posts to Telegram channels.

Service used:
Telegram Bot API
https://core.telegram.org/bots/api

Data sent:
– Telegram Bot Token
– Channel ID / Username
– Post title
– Post excerpt/content
– Featured image (optional)

Data is sent only when:
– a post is published
– manual connection tests are executed
– preview actions are used

Terms of Service:
https://telegram.org/tos

Privacy Policy:
https://telegram.org/privacy

Troubleshooting

• Nothing posted: Check token and channel, bot permissions in the channel, and that the post isn’t already marked as shared.
• HTML looks wrong: Stick to allowed tags; avoid raw HTML from untrusted sources in templates.
• Timeouts: Server firewalls or Telegram rate limits can block wp_remote_post; check the last error message in settings.
• Test connection fails after update: Delete wp-content/plugins/senzastile-autopost-for-telegram (and any duplicate folder such as senzastile-autopost-for-telegram-1), then install a fresh copy of the plugin ZIP.

Translations

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