WordPress Telegram Bot - Rules - WordPress Repeater


WordPress Repeater

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What This Rule Does

The WordPress Telegram Bot plugin allows to store every message from a group on WordPress and allows you to display them into a live, searchable feed. You can configure a series of filters, explained below.

Front-End example

Example of the table with stored Telegram group messages - Telegram Bot Plugin for WordPress
Example of the table with stored Telegram group messages
  • Filter From / To - Limit the content between set days
  • Filter - Filter messages which have specific character sequences inside them 

Username

If a Telegram user doesn't have any username set, the first column will be empty, as shown:

Example of the empty username - WordPress Telegram Plugin
Example of the empty username

Setting Up a Rule

Setting up a WordPress repeater rule - Telegram WordPress Widget
Setting up a WordPress repeater rule
  • Telegram group ID - Must follow the format "-xxxxxxxx" (the character "-" followed by nine numerals).You can acquire the ID by sending the text /getGroupId in the group chat or by checking the plugin log.
  • Repeater name - Name tagged for your own connivence to track the rules you set. 
  • Store to WordPress category - Choose from a WordPress category where the messages will be saved. This is especially useful to store content from different groups, as you can set a category for each one or store several groups into one category. Learn how to manage categories.
  • Stop word(s) - The rule will only run if it DOES NOT include ANY of these words

Showing Content on WordPress

Use the shortcode [cmtel] along with a parameter anywhere on your site.

It contain two parameters. It's necessary to use at least one of them, otherwise no message will be shown.

  • group_id - Can be input with or without the initial "-"
  • category - Enter the category slug

The examples below highlight the parameters:

Displaying the content - Telegram Plugin for WordPress
Displaying the content

Managing Categories

To create, edit or change Telegram Bot categories, head to WP Admin → CM Telegram Bot → Categories.

Navigation to categories - Telegram Group Bot Manager
Navigation to categories

The interface is identical to any found in WordPress' taxonomies.

Managing categories - Telegram Bot Plugin for WordPress
Managing categories

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