ThreadTandem — Post Publishing and Comment Sync for Telegram

ThreadTandem connects one WordPress site to one Telegram bot, one channel and its linked discussion group.
Each published post keeps a persistent link to its Telegram announcement and discussion.
ThreadTandem is independently developed and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Telegram.

Features:

• Publish text announcements for public posts and update the same message when the exported title, excerpt or link changes.
• Disable Telegram publishing for an individual post. Drafts, private posts and password-protected posts are excluded.
• Control publishing in the block editor sidebar on WordPress 7.1, with a classic-editor fallback.
• Copy text replies from linked Telegram discussions into native WordPress comments.
• Send approved website comments to the same discussion, replying to the exact parent message.
• Continue a nested conversation across both platforms without echoing imported comments back to Telegram.
• Hold new Telegram comments for review by default. WordPress spam and moderation rules still apply.
• Hold edited Telegram text for review, even if its previous text was approved.
• Identify users by Telegram IDs rather than names. No invented email addresses or automatically created WordPress accounts.
• Process deliveries in a database queue with duplicate detection, worker leases, rate-limit delays and visible diagnostics.
• Keep uncertain outgoing results for manual investigation instead of silently sending duplicate messages.
• Configure a separate HTTPS Bot API server and an optional external webhook URL.
• Translation-ready interface using WordPress.org language packs.

This release supports text posts and comments. Telegram Login, forum topics, attachments, automatic historical import and moderation commands in Telegram are not included.
Long announcements and website comments are shortened to fit Telegram; their complete original text remains on the website.

External service: Telegram

ThreadTandem uses the Telegram Bot API, normally at https://api.telegram.org. You need a Telegram account, a bot token and permission to administer the channel and discussion group. You may configure another HTTPS Bot API endpoint; that endpoint then receives the same requests.

ThreadTandem contacts Telegram when you check the connection, manage the webhook, or process enabled synchronization jobs. It sends the bot token, chat and message identifiers, published post titles, excerpts and links. When comment synchronization is enabled, approved website comment text and the comment author display name are also sent. Comment email addresses and IP addresses are not sent.

Telegram delivers discussion messages to your webhook. Eligible text replies are stored in WordPress with their display names, numeric sender identities, chat/message identifiers and reply relationships. Inform participants before enabling import, including participants of private groups. The comment form informs website visitors that approved comments and their names will also appear in Telegram.

Telegram service terms: https://telegram.org/tos
Telegram privacy policy: https://telegram.org/privacy
Bot API documentation: https://core.telegram.org/bots/api

ThreadTandem is an independent integration and is not affiliated with Telegram or WordPress.org. It does not include analytics or advertising.

Translations

Help translate ThreadTandem at https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/threadtandem-sync-for-telegram/.
WordPress.org language packs are installed automatically when an approved translation is available for your site language.