DFX Feed for Telegram Channels

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. Features

• Three rendering surfaces — shortcode, Gutenberg block, or Elementor widget. The block exposes per-instance styling controls (border, background, padding, typography per element).
• Full media support — photos at the highest resolution available, video and animation thumbnails, static stickers, animated TGS stickers via Lottie, and WEBM video stickers.
• Bot token never reaches the client — 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.
• Edits sync automatically with a small "(edited)" marker carrying the edit timestamp.
• Background refresh every 2 minutes via WP-cron, plus on-demand refresh on frontend visits as a fallback for low-traffic sites.
• Per-message admin controls — Hide (reversible, suppresses on frontend) and Move to Trash (sticky against refresh) row actions.
• Theme template overrides — drop dfxfftc/feed.php or dfxfftc/browser.php into your theme to fully customize the output.
• Works with private channels if your bot is admin in them.

1. Upload the plugin to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory, or install via the WordPress plugins screen.
2. Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu.
3. In WordPress admin, go to Settings → Telegram Feed.
4. Create a Telegram bot via @BotFather, paste the bot token into the settings page, and save.
5. Add the bot as an administrator of every channel you want to mirror.
6. Add a shortcode such as [dfxfftc_channel_feed channel="@yourchannel" count="10"] to a page, or use the "Feed for Telegram Channels" Gutenberg block / Elementor widget.

Note: messages posted in the channel before the bot was added are not retrievable via the Bot API.

2.0.3

• Add plugin icons for the WordPress.org directory page.

2.0.2

• Replace all remaining old plugin name references with new name.

2.0.1

• Sanitize nonce inputs with sanitize_text_field(wp_unslash()) before wp_verify_nonce().
• Escape _n() translation output in bulk action admin notices.
• Rename dfxTgAdmin JS global to dfxfftcAdmin for prefix consistency.

2.0.0

• Renamed plugin from "DFX Telegram Channel Feed" to "DFX Feed for Telegram Channels" to comply with WordPress.org trademark naming guidelines.
• Changed plugin slug to dfx-feed-for-telegram-channels and internal prefix from dfxtgfeed to dfxfftc.
• Text domain updated to dfx-feed-for-telegram-channels.
• Replaced all _e() with esc_html_e() and wrapped unescaped __() outputs in esc_html() for proper output escaping.
• Moved inline <script> and <style> blocks to use wp_add_inline_script and wp_add_inline_style per WordPress enqueue best practices.
• Bundled Lottie library locally instead of loading from cdnjs.cloudflare.com.
• Documented Telegram Bot API usage in the "External services" readme section.
• Lowered admin menu position to avoid colliding with core WordPress menu items.
• Made GitHub repository public so the Plugin URI resolves correctly.
• Added DB migration path from dfxtgfeed_* identifiers to dfxfftc_* for existing installs.

1.0.2

• Fixed Plugin Check warnings: text domain now matches the plugin slug, and the unused Domain Path header was removed.

1.0.1

• Removed the experimental "Sync Deletions" feature (which scraped the public t.me/s/<channel> preview) ahead of WordPress.org submission.

1.0.0

• Internal release (not published to WordPress.org).