Celebrate your server's anniversary

On this page

Birthday Bot can post a yearly announcement on the anniversary of your server's creation. Choose a channel and a post time; the creation date comes from Discord.

Open your server dashboard

On the website

Choose your server and open Server anniversary. The page shows when the server was created and when its next anniversary falls.
Choose a Channel for the announcement.
Set Post time, using the server's time zone. Check Server settings if that clock needs changing.
Set Ping to choose who to notify. It is posted in the announcement, at the bottom of a card or above plain text. With Premium, you can also change Post mode, and when it is Threads, set a Thread name (see How is the thread named?).
Press Save changes.
To write your own announcement, open Messages and choose Server anniversary. See Customize your messages.

What success looks like

On the anniversary, Birthday Bot posts in the selected channel at your chosen hour. A custom message could look like this:

# announcements

Birthday BotAPPToday at 9:00 AM

Happy anniversary, Cozy Corner! Thanks for another year together. 🎉

If you have not written a custom message, the bot uses its default announcement. It celebrates completed years, so creating a server today does not trigger an anniversary announcement today.

How is the thread named?

With Premium, when Post mode is Threads, Birthday Bot opens a thread under each server anniversary announcement. The Thread name field sits beside Post mode (below it on a phone). While the post mode is something else, the field shows the name greyed out with a Use Threads link, which switches Post mode to Threads.

Leave Thread name empty to use the default: a confetti emoji followed by the server's age in years. To write your own, type it or click a placeholder shown with the field to insert it, and the example under the field shows how a thread would be named. The year placeholder is the server's age in years, and the date placeholder is the day the server was created, as a month and day. A thread name can be up to 100 characters. A thread title is plain text, so nothing in it notifies anyone. Birthday Bot refuses to save a thread name with a placeholder this celebration never fills in. Placeholders lists the ones you can use.

Common problems

Nothing was posted. Check that Channel is set and resolve any dashboard permission warnings. Missing permissions explains the next steps.
The time looks wrong. This celebration always uses the server's time zone. See A message was posted at the wrong time.
My custom message was not used. Check placeholder availability and make sure you chose the server-anniversary message type.

Using Discord instead

Use the editing command for announcement settings and the message commands for custom wording. The test command lets you try a celebration without waiting for the date.

/edit

Manage Server

Edit the setting of the given celebration type.

/edit ping

2 options

Edit the ping the bot will send with messages of the given celebration type.

type required · text: The celebration type which you would like to alter the settings of.
Birthday
Member Anniversary
Server Anniversary
ping optional · text: Who should the bot ping when sending messages of this type. Leave blank to clear the ping setting.

/edit hour

2 options

Edit the hour messages of the given celebration type are sent.

type required · text: The celebration type which you would like to alter the settings of.
Birthday
Member Anniversary
Server Anniversary
hour required · whole number · 0 to 23: What time should the bot send messages of the given type. (0 = midnight, 23 = 11:00 PM)

/edit post_mode

2 options

Edit the post mode of the given celebration type.

type required · text: The celebration type which you would like to alter the settings of.
Birthday
Member Anniversary
Server Anniversary
Event
post_mode required · text: How should the bot post messages of the given type.
Post Only
Post and Pin
Threads

/edit thread_namePremium

2 options

Edit the thread name for messages of the given celebration type.

type required · text: The celebration type which you would like to alter the settings of.
Birthday
Member Anniversary
Server Anniversary
thread_name optional · text: The thread name for this type. Placeholders like {Date} work. Leave blank for the default.

/edit channel

2 options

Edit where messages of the given celebration type are sent.

type required · text: The celebration type which you would like to alter the settings of.
Birthday
Member Anniversary
Server Anniversary
Event
channel optional · channel: Where should the bot send messages of the given type. Leave blank to clear the channel.

/edit role

1 option

Change the birthday role. Leave blank to clear the birthday role.

role optional · role: The role you would like users to get on their birthday.

/message

Manage Server

Add, remove and edit custom messages.

/message edit embed

3 options

Edit whether a custom message should be embedded.

message required · text: The alias of the message you would like to use.
embed required · yes or no: If this custom message should be embedded.
edit_all optional · yes or no: Whether to update all messages of the given type with this value.

/message edit colorPremium

3 options

Edit the color of a message. Only works for custom messages that are embedded.

message required · text: The alias of the message you would like to use.
color required · text: What color this custom message should be. Color only shows if the message is embedded.
edit_all optional · yes or no: Whether to update all messages of the given type with this value.

/message edit descriptionNeeds a vote

3 options

Edit the description of a custom message.

message required · text: The alias of the message you would like to use.
description required · text: The text of the message. Placeholders: {Users} or @User, {Server}, {Year}, {Zodiac Sign}, and more.
edit_all optional · yes or no: Whether to update all messages of the given type with this value.

/message edit imagePremium

3 options

Edit the image of a message. Only works for custom messages that are embedded.

message required · text: The alias of the message you would like to use.
image optional · file: Image for this custom message, leave blank to reset. Only works if the message is embedded.
edit_all optional · yes or no: Whether to update all messages of the given type with this value.

/message edit titlePremium

3 options

Edit the title of a message. Only works for custom messages that are embedded.

message required · text: The alias of the message you would like to use.
title optional · text: Title for this custom message, leave blank to reset. Only works if the message is embedded.
edit_all optional · yes or no: Whether to update all messages of the given type with this value.

/message edit footerPremium

3 options

Edit the footer of a message. Only works for custom messages that are embedded.

message required · text: The alias of the message you would like to use.
footer optional · text: Footer for this custom message, leave blank to reset. Only works if the message is embedded.
edit_all optional · yes or no: Whether to update all messages of the given type with this value.

/message clear

1 option

Clear all custom messages of a given type.

type required · text: What type of message to clear. Clears all messages of this type.
Birthday
Member Anniversary
Server Anniversary

/message remove

1 option

Remove a custom message.

message required · text: The alias of the message you would like to use.

/message test

5 options

Test a custom message.

message required · text: The alias of the message you would like to use.
user_count optional · whole number · 1 to 5: The number of users to put in this message to imitate multiple birthdays/anniversaries.
no_ping optional · yes or no: Whether to test without the ping setting, also silencing any mentions in the message.
birth_year optional · whole number · 1900 to 2500: The birth year of the user to be used in the test. Used with the age and year placeholder.
anniversary_year optional · whole number · 1 to 100: How many years since the member joined or since the server was created.

/message addNeeds a vote

3 options

Add a custom message.

type required · text: What type of message to add.
Birthday
Member Anniversary
Server Anniversary
message required · text: The text of the message. Placeholders: {Users} or @User, {Server}, {Year}, {Zodiac Sign}, and more.
image optional · file: Image for this custom message, leave blank to reset. Only works if the message is embedded.

/test

Manage Server

Test a birthday or anniversary.

type required · text: The type of event to test.
Birthday
Member Anniversary
Server Anniversary
user optional · member: The user to use in this test event. Defaults to the bot for display purposes.
birth_year optional · whole number · 1900 to 2500: The birth year of the user to be used in the test. Used with the age and year placeholder.
anniversary_year optional · whole number · 1 to 100: How many years since the member joined or since the server was created.