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VW Order Notify for Telegram
VW Order Notify for Telegram
Sends real-time WooCommerce order notifications to a Telegram channel/group with order details.
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Tested to 7.0.4 — 1 branch behind 7.1
Tested against the WordPress branch in use today.3 months ago
7.2
Your host must be running at least this version.5.0
2
Maintenance & trust
Scored on how VW Order Notify for Telegram is looked after — not on how many stores run it.
Maintenance
35 / 35WordPress compatibility
20 / 20Support responsiveness
Not enough dataMerchant satisfaction
Not enough dataListing transparency
10 / 10Ratings
No one has rated this plugin on WordPress.org yet. That is a statement about the ratings page, not about the plugin — plenty of well-kept plugins never collect them.
VW Order Notify for Telegram connects WooCommerce with Telegram so store owners can receive instant order alerts in a Telegram channel or group.
The plugin is simple to configure: add your Telegram Bot Token and Chat ID, choose trigger events, customize your message template, and start receiving notifications.
Key Features
- Real-time order notifications for WooCommerce.
- Flexible message template with many placeholders.
- Test message button to verify setup quickly.
- Trigger control for new orders and status changes.
- Optional Slack webhook notifications.
- Optional customer email copy.
- Clean, responsive admin settings interface.
Placeholder Tags
You can use the following placeholders inside the message template:
{order_id}{order_status}{order_date}{order_link}{customer_name}{customer_email}{phone}{customer_note}{billing_address}{shipping_address}{product_list}{item_count}{currency}{subtotal}{shipping_cost}{discount}{total}{payment_method}{device}{browser}{os}{customer_ip}
External Services
This plugin connects to third-party services to deliver notifications:
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Telegram Bot API (required)
- Service endpoint: https://api.telegram.org/
- Data sent: configured chat ID, notification message text (may include order and customer details based on your template), optional product image URL
- Purpose: send WooCommerce order notifications to Telegram
- Service terms: https://telegram.org/tos
- Privacy policy: https://telegram.org/privacy
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Slack Incoming Webhook (optional)
- Data sent: notification message text when Slack channel is enabled
- Purpose: send order notifications to Slack
- Service terms: https://slack.com/terms-of-service
- Privacy policy: https://slack.com/privacy-policy
Site owners are responsible for informing users and updating their privacy policy where required.
Open Telegram, find @BotFather, run /newbot, and follow the steps. BotFather will provide your bot token.
Add the bot to your group/channel as admin and retrieve the chat ID using your preferred Telegram ID tool. Channel IDs usually start with -100.
Yes. The template editor supports placeholders and Telegram-friendly formatting.
Yes. The plugin uses WooCommerce order hooks, so it works with standard gateways.
You can enable notifications for new orders and for order status changes.
The plugin itself does not store extra customer data beyond WooCommerce order data. If your template contains personal details (for example phone/email/address/IP), those details will be sent to Telegram (and optionally Slack/email) as part of notification delivery.
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