Your First Plugin — Ori Discord Bot

Setting up your first Ori plugin

This guide walks you through enabling and configuring your first plugin. We’ll use the Welcome plugin as the example — it’s the most popular starting point and takes about 60 seconds to set up.

Step 1: Open the dashboard

Go to oribot.org, sign in with Discord, and select your server.

Step 2: Enable the welcome plugin

In the sidebar, find Welcome under Plugins. Click the toggle to enable it, then click into the plugin to open its settings.

Step 3: Select a channel

Choose the Discord channel where welcome messages should appear. This is usually a #welcome or #general channel.

Step 4: Write your message

Type your welcome message. Use variables to personalize it:

• {user} — mentions the new member
• {server} — your server name
• {server.members} — current member count

Example: Welcome to {server}, {user}! You're member #{server.members}.

Step 5: Choose your format

Pick text for a simple message or embed for a rich message with colors and formatting. Embeds look more polished — most admins prefer them.

Step 6: Test it

Click the Test button. Ori sends a real welcome message to your selected channel immediately. Check Discord to verify it looks right.

Step 7: Done

That’s it. Every new member who joins your server will now receive your welcome message automatically.

What’s next?

• Set up Auto-Role to give new members a default role
• Create Reaction Roles so members can self-assign roles
• Enable Moderation for kick, ban, warn, and logging
• Run a Giveaway with provably fair selection

Every plugin follows the same pattern: enable → configure → test → done.