
Navigate to the group settings, click Manage Group → Administrators → Add Administrator. Now you need to find your bot, choose it and click Create.Īnd the final step: setting the bot as administrator. On the next step invite new members to the group. In the pop-up window you need to write a name for your group and click Next. Open the Telegram's menu and click New group. So, next step - you need to create a new group (if you haven't done it yet) and add your bot as administrator. It can only perform actions if it has admin permissions. The Telegram Bot plugin requires the bot to be part of one or multiple groups to fetch messages and interact with users. Note: the following steps are shown in a desktop application, as there's no possibility to set a bot as admin on the web version of Telegram. Bot Username - Here you need to write bot username without In our example it's CmindsBot.There in the section Telegram API Settings you need to fill the following fields: For example: /token Copy this token and navigate to the plugin: Admin Dashboard → CM Telegram Bot → Settings → API Settings tab. You can find it on the message logs. Alternatively, message /token to it, with xxx being the bot name. Your bot has been created! You will now receive the access token. This name can't contain spaces and must end with "bot". Example: CmindsBot. In order to create a Telegram Bot, follow these steps:ġ) Contact the user Telegram and start a chat.Įither follow the link or look for its username.Ģ) Write /newbot to and choose a friendly bot name. Friendly names can contain spaces. Example: Creative Minds Bot.ģ) Specify the bot username. If you feel this article is deprecated, please get in touch with us. This feature depends on Telegram, so steps and interface may change at any time. Official Telegram documentation: How To Create a Bot | Commands Creating a Bot and Connecting It to Plugin When the account is created, you need to create a bot. You can learn more about it in official documentation. To create an account you can use web browser or application that is supported for different types of devices. To start working with the plugin, first thing you need to do is to create a Telegram account. Learn more: Getting Started - Plugin Overview Log in to WordPress and navigate to the WordPress Admin → Plugins settings.

Download the plugin from your customer dashboard.The process is the same for all CM plugins and add-ons.

