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Email is not a reliable operational channel for lead intake. Even when Contact Form 7 reports \u201cmail sent\u201d, real-world delivery can fail: messages may land in spam, be blocked by SMTP\/DMARC rules, get throttled, or simply never reach the inbox in time. The result is the worst-case scenario: a lead is submitted, but nobody sees it<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n AroksDS Submission Alerts for Contact Form 7 to Telegram<\/strong> creates a second, independent delivery path: every successful form submission can generate an instant Telegram notification in a shared team space (group, private chat, or a forum topic). This gives you a practical \u201cbackup channel\u201d so leads are not lost when email delivery is unreliable.<\/p>\n\n This plugin connects to the Telegram Bot API to send messages.<\/p>\n\n When: On successful Contact Form 7 submissions ( Note: Telegram is a third-party service. Site owners are responsible for the data they send to Telegram. Avoid sending sensitive personal data unless necessary.<\/p>\n\n This plugin may send form submission content (which can include personal data) to Telegram.<\/p>\n\n Suggested text for your privacy policy:\n* We use a plugin that forwards Contact Form 7 submissions to Telegram (a third-party service) via the Telegram Bot API.\n* Data sent may include the message text built from form fields and metadata (e.g., page URL, date\/time), depending on our configuration.\n* We limit the data shared by selecting allowed\/excluded fields and by editing the message template.\n* Telegram processes data according to its own Terms and Privacy Policy:\n https:\/\/telegram.org\/tos\n https:\/\/telegram.org\/privacy<\/p>\n\n\n Yes. This WordPress.org edition triggers only on Contact Form 7 Because email delivery can fail in practice (spam filters, SMTP misconfiguration, provider blocks, DMARC policies, throttling). Telegram provides a second, independent notification channel to reduce lost leads.<\/p><\/dd>\n Create a bot with Telegram\u2019s BotFather and copy the token it gives you. Then paste the token into the plugin settings.<\/p><\/dd>\n 1) Add your bot to the group.\n2) Ensure the bot has permission to post messages.\n3) Use the group chat ID as the target Chat ID.<\/p><\/dd>\n Telegram chat IDs depend on the chat type:\n* Private chat: usually a positive numeric ID.\n* Groups\/supergroups: often negative IDs (starting with It is used for Telegram forum topics. If your group has topics enabled, you can send to a specific topic by setting the Message Thread ID.<\/p><\/dd>\n Yes. Use Per-form Rules<\/strong> and set the Contact Form 7 Form ID and target Chat ID (and optional Thread ID).<\/p><\/dd>\n No. This plugin sends text messages via Telegram Bot API Logs are stored in your WordPress database as an option and keep only the last 100 entries.\nThe bot token is never stored in logs.<\/p><\/dd>\n Yes:\n* When provided this way, the token field in Settings is locked.<\/p><\/dd>\n\n<\/dl>\n\n\nWhy this plugin is useful<\/h4>\n\n
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wpcf7_mail_sent<\/code> (this WordPress.org edition intentionally avoids any \u201cbefore send\u201d triggers).<\/li>\n{field-name}<\/code>, {form_id}<\/code>, {form_title}<\/code>, {page_url}<\/code>, {date}<\/code>, {time}<\/code>, {all_fields}<\/code>.<\/li>\nWhat this plugin does NOT do (to avoid misunderstandings)<\/h4>\n\n
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sendMessage<\/code> (no attachments\/files).<\/li>\nExternal services<\/h4>\n\n
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wpcf7_mail_sent<\/code>) and when you click \"Send test message\" in wp-admin.\nData sent: chat_id<\/code>, message text (built from your template and filtered form fields), optional parse_mode<\/code>, optional message_thread_id<\/code>, disable_web_page_preview<\/code>.\nPrivacy controls: limit what is sent by configuring Allowed\/Excluded fields and by editing the message template.<\/p>\n\nPrivacy<\/h3>\n\n
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Does it send only when email was sent successfully?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
wpcf7_mail_sent<\/code> (success-only).<\/p><\/dd>\nWhy use Telegram if CF7 already sends emails?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
How do I get a bot token?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
How do I send to a Telegram group?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
How do I find my Chat ID?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
-<\/code>).\nUse a helper method you trust to read the chat ID after you send a message where the bot can see it.<\/p><\/dd>\nWhat is \u201cMessage Thread ID\u201d?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
Can I route different forms to different Telegram chats?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
How do Allowed\/Excluded fields work?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
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{all_fields}<\/code> and {field-name}<\/code> placeholders.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/dd>\nDoes it send attachments\/files?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
sendMessage<\/code>.<\/p><\/dd>\nWhere are logs stored? Do they include the bot token?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
Typical Telegram errors and what they mean<\/h3><\/dt>\n
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chat not found<\/code> \u2192 wrong Chat ID or the bot cannot access that chat.<\/li>\nbot was blocked by the user<\/code> \u2192 the user blocked the bot.<\/li>\nnot enough rights to send text messages<\/code> \u2192 bot permissions in the group are insufficient.<\/li>\nBad Request: message is too long<\/code> \u2192 reduce {all_fields}<\/code> or exclude large fields.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/dd>\nCan I use a constant or environment variable for the token?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
define('CF7_TG_BOT_TOKEN', '...')<\/code> in wp-config.php<\/code>, or\n* environment variable CF7_TG_BOT_TOKEN<\/code><\/p>\n\n1.0.1<\/h4>\n\n
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wpcf7_mail_sent<\/code>).<\/li>\n