Welcome Messages
Greet new members with customizable welcome messages.
Overview#
Welcome Messages let you automatically greet new members when they join your server. You can create multiple welcome messages per server, each sent as a channel message or a direct message. Messages support rich embeds with images, colors, and dynamic template variables that fill in member and server details automatically.
All welcome message configuration is managed through the dashboard. There are no bot commands for this feature.
How to Set Up#
- Go to the dashboard and select your server
- Navigate to the Welcome Messages section
- Click Add Message to create a new welcome message
- Choose whether the message should be sent to a channel or via DM
- Select Embed or Plain Text mode
- Fill in the message content using the editor: add a title, body text, image, color, and optional link
- Use template variables to personalize the message (see below)
- Set the message to Active when you are ready for it to go live
- Drag to reorder if you have multiple messages
Configuration Options#
Each welcome message has the following settings:
- Destination: Channel message or Direct Message
- Mode: Embed or plain text
- Title: Heading text for embed messages
- Content: The body of the message
- Image URL: An image to display in the embed
- Color: Accent color for the embed sidebar
- Link / Link Text: An optional hyperlink with display text
- Status: Draft (inactive) or Active
- Order: Drag to set the order when multiple messages are configured
Template Variables#
Use these placeholders in your message content. They are replaced automatically when a member joins:
| Variable | Replaced With |
|---|---|
{{name}} | The new member's display name |
{{guild}} | Your server's name |
{{stamp}} | The current timestamp |
{{user}} | A mention of the new member |
{{userCount}} | The server's current member count |
Tips#
- DM delivery is not guaranteed. If a member has DMs disabled or does not share a server with the bot, the DM will fail silently. Always pair DM messages with a channel message as a fallback.
- Use draft mode to prepare messages ahead of time without sending them to new members.
- Combine multiple messages to send a public welcome in a channel and a private onboarding guide via DM at the same time.
- Preview your embeds in the dashboard editor before setting them to active: make sure template variables, images, and colors look the way you expect.
- Keep messages concise. New members are more likely to read a short, well-formatted welcome than a wall of text.