Set up a Discord Poll Bot - EasyPoll [Step-by-Step]


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Getting started with Discord Poll Bot

One of the best things about Discord is that it’s highly customizable. You can change your voice chat settings, chat colors, and even add custom emoji. And if you’re a developer, you can create your own Discord bots to do all sorts of things, like play music or moderate chat. Discord also has a rich ecosystem of plugins and integrations. You can connect your Discord account to other platforms like Twitch, YouTube, and Twitter. And there are tons of Discord bots that can do everything from playing music to helping you find new friends. There are also lots of Discord bots that are entirely dedicated for it's community like a poll bot.

In this article, we will be guiding you on how to easily set up a poll bot for your community to answer polls. This bot is called EasyPoll.

 

What is EasyPoll?

EasyPoll is a Discord bot dedicated for polls around your server for your community. With EasyPoll, a Discord Poll Bot, you can easily create polls and your members can vote by clicking on a reaction very easily and quickly.

 

How to set up EasyPoll?

Here are the few steps on setting up EasyPoll on your Discord server.

 

Step 1. Visit the official website

You can visit the official website of EasyPoll by visiting this easypoll website or you can look it up on any search engines. The link should be like this

Set up a Discord Poll Bot - EasyPoll [Step-by-Step]

 

Step 2. Add to server

Click on "Add to Server" to invite your bot in the server

Set up a Discord Poll Bot - EasyPoll [Step-by-Step]

 

Step 3. Select your server

Select the server that you want the bot in then press "Continue".

Set up a Discord Poll Bot - EasyPoll [Step-by-Step]

 

Step 4. Authorize the Bot

After selecting your server, you will be asked to give the bot permissions. You can skip changing these parts because you can change them later.

Set up a Discord Poll Bot - EasyPoll [Step-by-Step]

 

Scroll down and click on "Authorize"

Set up a Discord Poll Bot - EasyPoll [Step-by-Step]

 

Step 5. Finish the Captcha challenge

You will be then prompted a captcha challenge. You have to put a check on the box to prove that you're not a robot

Set up a Discord Poll Bot - EasyPoll [Step-by-Step]

 

Step 6. Congratulations you have invited the bot

You will then be redirected back to the website. You will see a congratulatory message that you have successfully invited the bot and you can start using the bot.

Set up a Discord Poll Bot - EasyPoll [Step-by-Step]

 

How to use EasyPoll Discord Poll Bot

As the name stated, Easypoll is a Discord bot that makes polls and votings easy. There are only a few steps to start your first poll in your server.

 

Step 1. Go to your server

You have to enter the server that has the EasyPoll bot or the server that you invited the bot on. For this instance, I invited the bot on my Discord server "Chronos Guild"

 

Step 2. Select the channel

You have to select a channel in which you want to run the poll on.

(Note: You have to give permissions to EasyPoll bot to access that specific channel)

Set up a Discord Poll Bot - EasyPoll [Step-by-Step]

 

Step 3. Use the command /poll

You need to use the command /poll to start your very first poll. You will also be prompted other commands but let's focus on /poll command right now.

Set up a Discord Poll Bot - EasyPoll [Step-by-Step]

 

Step 4. What's your Question?

After selecting the command /poll, you will be asked what question do you wanna have the voting or poll for. The question is required and you will be prompted options. You can view the full commands at the bottom of this article.

Set up a Discord Poll Bot - EasyPoll [Step-by-Step]

 

Step 5. Select your option

After typing in your question, the default answers are Yes or No with the emoji thumbs up and thumbs down. If you select options answer1, answer2, answer3, etc. This will be the ones replacing the answers Yes/No.

Set up a Discord Poll Bot - EasyPoll [Step-by-Step]

There you go! You have set up the bot and ran your first poll on your Discord server!

 

EasyPoll Bot Commands

Commands Description Required Arguments Optional Arguments
/poll With the Poll Command you can easily create polls. Normal polls have no time limit, but can be closed at any time. A poll can be either a simple yes/no poll or a poll with up to 20 custom answers. question - What is the question? answer[1-20] - Answer options for which members can vote. For each answer custom emojis can be set.
maxchoices - How many choices are allowed per user? (Default: 1)
text - Text to appear above poll (introduction, ping role, ...)
allowedrole - Allowed role which can vote
anonymous - Is this an anonymous poll? (Default: No)
/timepoll With the TimePoll Command you can easily create polls with time limit. After given time the poll ends and alternatively it can be closed at any time. A poll can be either a simple yes/no poll or a poll with up to 20 custom answers. A poll can run for a maximum of 7 days. question - What is the question?

time - Time how long the poll should run. Time codes can consist of several times ending with s (second), m (minute), h (hour), d (day) or w (week). Maximum 7 days.

answer[1-20] - Answer options for which members can vote. For each answer custom emojis can be set.
maxchoices - How many choices are allowed per user? (Default: 1)
text - Text to appear above poll (introduction, ping role, ...)
allowedrole - Allowed role which can vote
anonymous - Is this an anonymous poll? (Default: No)
/closepoll The ClosePoll Command can be used to close any poll directly. This will display the final result of the poll and members will no longer be able to vote on this poll. pollid - ID of the poll that is to be closed. (Can be found in the footer of the poll)
/listpolls Shows all polls on the current server. Information about the status, participants, settings, result and more. pollid - Id of the Poll (Default: No Filter)
channel - Channel of the polls (Default: No Filter)
user - User who created the polls (Default: No Filter)
status - Status of the poll (Default: All)
/help Show the help for EasyPoll
/info Show some information about EasyPoll
/setup language Change the Bot language of the current Guild
/setup permissions Check the required bot permissions on server and channel level
 /setup color Set the default color for Poll Embeds on the server  color - New default embed color

This is the list of complete easypoll bot commands.

 

Summary

EasyPoll is a great way to communicate with your community or server. This gives chance to your community to voice out their opinions by voting. This can also help you automate your Discord by running polls that you don't need to check every now and then. This gives you more time to do other tasks within the server. It is also easy to use and easy to install. Every now and then that you need to create polls in your server, invite a poll bot!

If you have more questions, you can visit their Discord support server.

 

Mark Arvin Tychingco

Mark Arvin Tychingco

He specializes in a myriad of fields including Web Design, NFT Art, web3.js, Discord Bot Development, Writing, Community Engagement, Discord, Communication Skills, Bot Development, Blockchain, Social Media Management, Cryptocurrency, PHP, Business Development, and Telegram. You can connect with him on his LinkedIn profile.

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1 thought on “Set up a Discord Poll Bot - EasyPoll [Step-by-Step]”

  1. You said “(Note: You have to give permissions to EasyPoll bot to access that specific channel)” and then didn’t explain how to. Stuff like this drives me crazy.

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