{"id":3144,"date":"2026-11-02T20:06:22","date_gmt":"2026-11-02T14:36:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/?post_type=docs&p=3144"},"modified":"2026-11-02T20:06:23","modified_gmt":"2026-11-02T14:36:23","password":"","slug":"how-do-i-create-and-use-telegram-templates","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/kb\/how-do-i-create-and-use-telegram-templates\/","title":{"rendered":"How do I create and use Telegram templates?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Templates save message text, media and button markup so your team doesn’t retype the same content. Unlike SMS, Telegram templates need no external approval: you create them and they’re ready.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Creating one<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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  1. Open Telegram Templates<\/strong> and click Add Template<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Template Name<\/strong> \u2014 a short, recognisable label such as “Fee Reminder” or “Order Shipped”. Up to 100 characters.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Status<\/strong> \u2014 Active<\/strong> makes it available on Send Telegram; Inactive<\/strong> hides it from the picker.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Message Body<\/strong> \u2014 the text inserted when the template is chosen. Required, up to 4,096 characters.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. Media URL<\/strong> (optional) \u2014 a public https link to a photo, video or document that Telegram’s servers can reach.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  6. Buttons JSON<\/strong> (optional) \u2014 Telegram reply-markup JSON. If you’d rather not write JSON, build the buttons visually on Send Telegram instead.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  7. Click Save Template<\/strong>. Active templates appear immediately.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Using one<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    On Send Telegram<\/strong>, pick the template from the Template<\/strong> dropdown and it pre-fills the body, media and buttons. You can still edit the text before sending, which is useful for a personal touch on a follow-up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Managing the list<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    The template list shows name, a preview of the message, status and creation date, with Edit<\/strong>, Delete<\/strong> and Refresh<\/strong> actions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Retiring a template:<\/strong> set it to Inactive<\/strong> rather than deleting it. Deleting removes it for good, and keeping it preserves the link with past sends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Tips<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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    • Name templates after the moment they’re used, not their content, so the right one is easy to find.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Keep media on a stable public URL. If the file moves, every template using it breaks.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      Templates save message text, media and button markup so your team doesn’t retype the same content. Unlike SMS, Telegram templates need no external approval: you create them and they’re ready. Creating one Using one On Send Telegram, pick the template from the Template dropdown and it pre-fills the body, media and buttons. You can still […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":118,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"doc_category":[2392],"doc_tag":[],"class_list":["post-3144","docs","type-docs","status-publish","hentry","doc_category-templates"],"year_month":"2026-11","word_count":249,"total_views":"1","reactions":{"happy":"0","normal":"0","sad":"0"},"author_info":{"name":"admin","author_nicename":"admin","author_url":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/author\/admin\/"},"doc_category_info":[{"term_name":"Templates","term_url":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/kb-cat\/templates\/"}],"doc_tag_info":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/3144","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/docs"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/118"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3144"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/3144\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"doc_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_category?post=3144"},{"taxonomy":"doc_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_tag?post=3144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}