Description
EXC Widget Suite for Telegram is a lightweight, professional plugin that helps you grow your Telegram channel or group directly from your WordPress site. Add an eye-catching “Join Telegram” widget in four different places — with zero coding required.
Whether you run a news site, blog, movie/download site, or community, EXC Widget Suite for Telegram makes it effortless to convert your website visitors into Telegram subscribers.
🚀 Key Features
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4 Independent Display Sections — turn the widget on/off exactly where you want it:
- Before Post Content — displays right after the post title, before the article begins.
- After Post Content (Post Footer) — displays automatically at the end of every post.
- Sidebar Widget — a fixed 300×250px widget box, perfectly sized for any sidebar or widget area (drag-and-drop via Appearance Widgets).
- Shortcode
[excwst_telegram]— drop it anywhere: inside a post, page, footer, or any shortcode-supporting area.
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One Settings Screen — manage your Telegram link, title, subtitle, button text, and colors from a single, simple admin page. Update your Telegram link once and it updates everywhere instantly — no need to edit individual posts.
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Fully Responsive — automatically adapts from desktop to mobile. The banner style stacks cleanly on small screens; the sidebar card keeps a professional fixed size.
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Speed Optimized —
- Inline SVG icon (no extra image requests)
- No jQuery dependency on the front end
- A single, minimal CSS block loaded only once per page (not once per widget instance)
- No render-blocking assets, no external font/API calls
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Won’t Break Your Design — every class name is uniquely scoped and CSS is written defensively so it can never clash with your theme’s existing styles, override your menus, or affect any other part of your site.
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Customizable Colors — match your brand using the built-in WordPress color picker for the primary gradient and text colors.
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Two Style Variants — choose “Banner” (full-width, ideal for before/after post) or “Card” (compact 300×250 box, ideal for shortcodes and sidebars) independently per section.
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Accessible & SEO-Friendly — proper ARIA labels, optional
rel="nofollow", and semantic markup out of the box.
💡 Who Is This For?
- Bloggers and news sites growing a Telegram community
- Movie/software/download sites offering Telegram-exclusive links
- Any WordPress site wanting a professional, non-intrusive Telegram call-to-action
🔧 Shortcode Usage
[excwst_telegram] — displays the default banner style.
[excwst_telegram style="card"] — displays the compact 300×250 card style, usable inside post content, widgets, or anywhere shortcodes are supported.
Screenshots
Installation
Automatic Installation
- Log in to your WordPress admin dashboard.
- Go to Plugins Add New.
- Search for “EXC Widget Suite for Telegram”.
- Click Install Now, then Activate.
Manual Installation
- Download the plugin ZIP file.
- Go to Plugins Add New Upload Plugin.
- Choose the downloaded ZIP file and click Install Now.
- Activate the plugin through the Plugins menu in WordPress.
After Activation
- Go to Telegram Widget in your WordPress admin sidebar menu.
- Enter your Telegram channel/group URL (e.g.
https://t.me/yourchannel). - Customize the title, subtitle, button text, and colors as desired.
- Toggle on whichever of the 4 sections you want to use (Before Post, After Post, Sidebar, Shortcode).
- If using the sidebar option, go to Appearance Widgets and drag “EXC Widget Suite for Telegram” into any widget area.
- Click Save Settings. That’s it!
FAQ
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Do I need to know how to code to use this plugin?
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No. Everything is controlled from a single, simple settings page — no HTML, CSS, or PHP editing required.
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Can I use this for a Telegram Group instead of a Channel?
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Yes. Any valid public Telegram invite link works, whether it’s a channel or a group.
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Will this slow down my website?
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No. The plugin uses inline SVG icons (no image requests), loads a single small CSS block once per page regardless of how many times the widget appears, and adds no jQuery or external script dependencies on the front end.
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Will this break my theme’s design?
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No. All widget styles are scoped to unique class names and protected so they cannot be overridden by — or interfere with — your theme’s existing CSS.
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Can I change the Telegram link later without editing every post?
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Yes — that’s the whole point of the central settings screen. Update the link once on the Telegram Widget settings page, and it updates instantly everywhere the widget appears (before post, after post, sidebar, and every shortcode instance).
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Yes. Before Post and After Post sections each let you choose between “Banner” (full width) and “Card” (300×250) independently. The Sidebar widget is always the fixed 300×250 card, since that’s the standard size for sidebar ad/widget slots.
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Does the shortcode work inside Gutenberg, Classic Editor, and page builders?
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Yes, as long as the page builder supports rendering standard WordPress shortcodes (most do, including a dedicated Shortcode block in Gutenberg).
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Is this plugin translation-ready?
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Yes, all strings are translation-ready via standard WordPress i18n functions, with a text domain of
exc-widget-suite-for-telegram.
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Contributors & Developers
“EXC Widget Suite for Telegram” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
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Changelog
1.0.0
- Initial release.
- Added Before Post, After Post, Sidebar, and Shortcode display sections.
- Added central admin settings page with live preview.
- Added color customization with WordPress color picker.
- Added fixed 300×250 sidebar widget (classic WP_Widget).
- Added
[excwst_telegram]shortcode withstyle="banner"andstyle="card"support. - Fully responsive layout for all placements.
- Speed-optimized: inline SVG, single shared stylesheet, no external requests.