Short answer: to post to WordPress from Telegram, you use a plugin that connects a Telegram bot to your site. Once it’s set up, you send a message with a photo and text to your bot, and the plugin automatically creates and publishes a WordPress post from it — no dashboard, no copy-paste. Below is the step-by-step, using PublicaCubo, our own plugin built exactly for this.
If you publish news, updates or short posts often, opening the WordPress dashboard every time is slow. Being able to post straight from your phone, through an app you already use all day, changes the workflow completely. Here’s how to do it.
Why post to WordPress from Telegram?
Because it’s fast and it happens where you already are. Instead of logging into WordPress, uploading an image, writing the post and hitting publish, you just send a Telegram message. It’s ideal for news sites, blogs with frequent updates, teams posting from their phones, and anyone who wants to publish on the go. The featured image comes from the photo you send, and the text becomes the post body.
What you need
- A WordPress site where you can install a plugin.
- A free Telegram account.
- A Telegram bot (created in a minute with Telegram’s official @BotFather) and its token.
- The PublicaCubo plugin installed on your site.
Step by step: posting to WordPress from Telegram
1. Install the plugin. Add PublicaCubo to your WordPress site and activate it.
2. Create a Telegram bot. In Telegram, talk to @BotFather, create a new bot and copy the token it gives you.
3. Connect the bot to your site. Paste the bot token into the plugin’s settings. PublicaCubo registers a secure webhook so your site listens for messages from that bot only (with a secret token and an allowed-users list, so nobody else can post).
4. Set your defaults. Choose the default category, author and status (published or draft) for the posts that come in from Telegram.
5. Send a message. Send your bot a message with a photo and some text. The photo becomes the featured image and the text becomes the post.
6. It’s published. The plugin creates the WordPress post automatically. That’s it — you posted to your site from your phone, in seconds.
What about images and galleries?
The photo you attach becomes the post’s featured image out of the box. If you need full galleries (sending several photos as an album) or automatic publishing from a Google Sheet, those are available in PublicaCubo’s Pro version, along with dynamic categories by hashtag. For simple “photo + text → post”, the free version is enough.
Is it safe?
Yes, when it’s done right. PublicaCubo uses a secret token so only your bot can trigger it, an allowed-users list so only you (or your team) can post, and de-duplication so the same message isn’t published twice. Nothing is exposed publicly beyond the secured webhook.
Frequently asked questions
Can I post to WordPress from Telegram for free?
Yes. PublicaCubo’s free version handles posting from Telegram (photo + text), CSV import, the secure webhook and notifications. Advanced features like Google Sheets automation and galleries are in the Pro version.
Does the Telegram photo become the featured image?
Yes. The photo you send with your message is set as the post’s featured image automatically.
Do I need to know how to code?
No. You create a bot with Telegram’s @BotFather, paste its token into the plugin, and you’re done. No coding required.
Can I control which posts get published automatically?
Yes. You set the default status (published or draft), category and author, and only your allowed users can post through the bot.
Try it on your site
PublicaCubo is our own plugin, built to make publishing to WordPress from Telegram simple and safe. See PublicaCubo →
Need help setting it up, or a custom automation for your workflow? 👉 Message us on WhatsApp — we’re WordPress plugin developers and we’re happy to help.
