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The Essential Discord Bots for a New Server
A new server needs four or five bots, not fifteen. Here are the jobs worth filling, in the order to fill them, what permissions each one really needs, and how t...
Oct 24, 2026 · 4 min read
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Top.gg Alternatives: Where Else to List Your Discord Bot
Top.gg is the biggest bot list, which is exactly why a new bot disappears on it. Here is what to look for in a second listing, and what TheDiscordList gives bot...
Oct 24, 2026 · 5 min read
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How Many Discord Bots Ask for Administrator? We Checked 315
We decoded the invite links of all 315 bots on TheDiscordList. Four in ten that ask for specific permissions want Administrator, moderation bots included.
Oct 2, 2026 · 3 min read
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How to Audit the Bots Already in Your Discord Server
Most servers past their first year carry three or four bots nobody uses and at least one running with Administrator. The audit takes an hour and usually ends in...
Aug 11, 2026 · 4 min read
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Discord Music Bots: What Still Works and Why
The two biggest music bots were shut down in 2021 and the category never went back to normal. Here is what survived, why it survived, and how to pick one that l...
Aug 11, 2026 · 4 min read
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Discord Bot Verification: What It Takes to Pass
Verification lifts the 100-server cap, and you can apply once your bot is in 75 servers. Privileged intents are now reviewed separately, once 10,000 users can s...
Aug 11, 2026 · 5 min read
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How to Make a Discord Bot: A Beginner Guide
A working Discord bot is about thirty lines of code and a token. What actually stalls beginners is intents, the permissions model, and hosting that stays awake.
Aug 11, 2026 · 4 min read
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Discord Bot Permissions Explained
Discord resolves bot permissions in a fixed order across three layers, and a separate hierarchy rule decides who the bot may act on. Learn both and almost every...
Aug 11, 2026 · 5 min read
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How to Add a Bot to Your Discord Server
Inviting a bot takes thirty seconds. Getting it working on day one, with only the permissions it needs and nothing you cannot explain, takes a few minutes more.
Aug 11, 2026 · 6 min read
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Hosted Status Pages for Discord Bots
Your users ask "is the bot down?" in your support server every time a shard hiccups. A status page answers that for them — and now your listing hosts one, fed b...
kyzegsJul 31, 2026 · 5 min read Bots
Discord Bots Are Now Live on TheDiscordList
The bot half of the directory is finished. Browse, filter and compare Discord bots the same way you already browse servers — and list your own in four steps, wi...
kyzegsJul 31, 2026 · 5 min read Bots
Bot Listings Have Launched on TheDiscordList
Bot listings are live: dedicated bot pages, bot categories and tags, ownership verification, install statistics and an API for developers.
kyzegsJul 17, 2026 · 1 min readReady to put this into practice?
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