Polls are created in Discord with /poll-create. The dashboard sets the rules those polls follow:
how many options they may have, who may create them, and how voting behaves.
| License | Premium |
| Needs | Send Messages, Embed Links |
2–25 · default 2
The fewest choices a poll must include. Two is the floor — a one-option poll is an announcement.
2–25 · default 5
The most choices a poll may include. 25 is Discord's cap on select-menu options.
Five is a good ceiling for readability. Above roughly eight options, results become hard to compare at a glance and voters start picking the first thing they recognise.
Optional
Members with this role may create polls even without the Manage Messages permission.
Leave it empty and poll creation requires Manage Messages, which in practice means staff only.
Set it to something like @Event Host when you want a specific group running polls without giving
them message-management powers.
True/false · default false
When on, a member can pick more than one option in the same poll.
| Use for | |
|---|---|
| Off | "Which one?" — a single decision, results add up to 100 % |
| On | "Which of these interest you?" — checkbox-style, results are independent |
0–10080 minutes (7 days) · default 0 (Off)
Automatically closes polls after this many minutes and posts the final result. 0 keeps polls open
until someone runs /poll-close.
Useful values: 60 for a quick decision, 1440 (24 h) so every timezone gets a chance to vote,
10080 (7 days) for something that needs real turnout.
| Command | Does |
|---|---|
/poll-create | Create a new poll |
/poll-close | Close an active poll and post the final result |