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Changelog

This page lists notable changes to EasyPoll, newest first. It covers the Discord bot, the dashboard, the API and the documentation.

Each entry is dated (YYYY-MM-DD, UTC) with the day the change was announced, and changes are grouped into Added, Changed, Deprecated, Removed and Fixed. Announcements are also posted on our Discord server.

2026​

2026-09-26: Poll types and custom visibility​

Added​

  • Five poll types that decide who sees the results, the turnout and the voters, both while a poll is running and after it closes: Public, Anonymous, Secret Winner, Reveal at End and Blind Voting. See Poll types.
  • The poll type can be chosen with the type option of /poll, /timepoll and /schedulepoll, or on the dashboard.
  • Custom visibility: Vote counts, ranking, turnout, the participant list and who voted for which answer can each be set to Everyone, Admins only or Hidden, separately for the running and the closed poll. Available via /editpoll (Type → Custom) and on the dashboard. See Custom visibility.
  • API: New visibility field on polls. See Poll Visibility.

Changed​

  • The previous poll types are still available and are now marked as (Legacy). Existing polls keep their behavior. Blind Voting behaves like the old Anonymous type. See Legacy poll types.
  • Once a poll has votes, its type can only be changed to a more private one.

Deprecated​

  • API: The type field on polls is deprecated in favor of visibility.

2026-08-28: API versioning​

Added​

  • API: The API is now versioned. The base URL is https://easypoll.com/api/v1.
  • API: Every endpoint, request field, response field and query parameter in the API reference now has a description.

Deprecated​

  • API: Requests without a version segment (https://easypoll.com/api/...) are still answered and treated as v1, but they respond with a Deprecation header pointing to the versioned path.

2026-08-20: New domain easypoll.com​

Changed​

  • The main domain moved from easypoll.bot to easypoll.com. All old links, including invite links and links in older bot messages, redirect automatically.
  • The bot now links to easypoll.com.
  • The dashboard is now available at easypoll.com/dashboard. Users may have to sign in once again.
  • The documentation is now available at easypoll.com/docs. The status page is unchanged.

Deprecated​

  • API: The base URL https://easypoll.bot/api is deprecated. Support ends on 2026-12-31, 23:59:59 UTC. Integrations should migrate to https://easypoll.com/api/v1 before then.

2026-07-30: Fine-grained dashboard permissions, new languages and docs overhaul​

Added​

  • Dashboard: Fine-grained role permissions. Roles can be limited to specific areas such as polls, restrictions or the audit log. See Dashboard Permissions.
  • Bot: New languages Spanish, French and Portuguese (Brazil). These translations are AI-generated.
  • Bot: publish_result option for /closepoll to close a poll and publish its result in one step.
  • Bot: "View Poll" button on published result messages, and a "Publish" button in the poll details view.
  • Website: The website is now available in all languages supported by the bot.

Changed​

  • Docs: The documentation was revamped with more detailed descriptions, exact bot behavior and examples. Previously missing commands and command options were added to the website and the documentation.

2026-07-11: Logging channel and audit log improvements​

Added​

  • Bot: Logging channel. EasyPoll can post a log message whenever a poll is created, updated or closed, and when server settings or restrictions change. Set it up with /settings logging or in the dashboard settings. Requires the Manage Webhooks permission.
  • Dashboard: Audit log entries contain much more detail. For example, "Create Poll" entries show the poll's values, and settings changes show the old and the new value.

Changed​

  • Dashboard: The audit log was redesigned to match the look of EasyPoll's log messages on Discord.
  • Dashboard: Actions performed on the dashboard are now marked as "Dashboard" in the audit log instead of "API". Every entry shows whether it came from the bot, the API or the dashboard.

2026-07-08: Natural language time inputs​

Added​

  • Bot: All time inputs of /timepoll and /schedulepoll accept natural language (for example tomorrow 9am) with an optional timezone. Times without a timezone are interpreted as UTC. Previous input formats and Unix timestamps keep working.
  • Dashboard: Images can be added to and edited on polls.

Fixed​

  • Bot: /editpoll no longer times out on polls with many answers.

2026-05-17: Context menu commands and answer editing on the dashboard​

Added​

  • Bot: New message actions Delete, Export and Reopen on poll messages (right-click → Apps → EasyPoll). See Message Actions.
  • Bot: New member actions Block and Unblock (right-click a user → Apps → EasyPoll). See Member actions.
  • Bot: Unpublished and scheduled polls can be listed in Discord with /listpolls.
  • Dashboard: Answers of existing polls can be edited, deleted, added and reordered by drag and drop.
  • Dashboard: Roles and channels can be mentioned with @ and # in the description field.
  • Dashboard: Onboarding dialog on the first visit to set up common settings such as language and admin roles.

Changed​

  • Bot: The limit of 2 scheduled polls per minute was replaced. Scheduled polls now only need to be at least 10 seconds apart.
  • Dashboard: Updated alert colors, user settings on the server selection page and skeleton loaders while content is loading.

2026-02-13: Schedule Poll and Move Poll commands​

Added​

  • Bot: /schedulepoll to create scheduled polls directly in Discord.
  • Bot: /movepoll to move a poll to another channel without losing its votes.
  • Bot: /dashboard to get a direct link to the dashboard.
  • Bot: The time options of /timepoll and /schedulepoll support picking a specific date via @time.
  • Website: New status page with live status for every shard and an incident history.

Changed​

  • Bot: Relative times may contain spaces (for example 1 d).
  • Bot: thread and event settings are edited in a settings modal.
  • Docs: The documentation was revamped, now covers the dashboard and offers Markdown versions of the pages for AI chatbots (llms.txt).

2025​

2025-11-07: EasyPoll API (beta)​

Added​

  • API: Public EasyPoll API to create and manage polls, read votes and change guild settings. API keys are created on the dashboard, and every request runs on behalf of the key's user and with their permissions. The API is in beta and may still change.

2025-10-23: Close polls at a vote count and pin poll messages​

Added​

  • Bot & Dashboard: Polls can close automatically once a set number of votes is reached (for example after 100 votes).
  • Bot & Dashboard: Option to pin active time poll messages while they are running. Disabled by default, see /settings events.
  • Dashboard: Copy a poll and edit it before creating it.

Changed​

  • Dashboard: Up to 5 polls can be scheduled in advance (previously 3).

2025-09-27: Scheduled polls and poll creation on the dashboard​

Added​

  • Dashboard: Scheduled polls that are published automatically at a set time, including a calendar of all upcoming polls.
  • Dashboard: Regular and advanced polls can be created on the dashboard, with more options than on Discord.
  • Bot: New languages Italian and Turkish.

Changed​

  • Bot: Updated Russian translation.

2025-06-22: Audit log and custom dashboard roles​

Added​

  • Dashboard: Audit log of administrative actions such as changing server settings, removing votes and editing polls.
  • Dashboard: Dashboard access can be granted to roles without Administrator or Manage Server permission.
  • Dashboard: User restrictions (blocks) can be created.
  • Dashboard: Answer texts of polls can be edited.
  • Dashboard: Light and System theme. Dark remains the default.
  • Bot: New language Chinese (Taiwan).

Changed​

  • Bot: Updated Polish translation.

2025-06-01: Winner announcement and poll management on the dashboard​

Added​

  • Bot: When a poll closes automatically, EasyPoll can announce the winning answer and ping the poll creator. Disabled by default, see /settings events.
  • Dashboard: Edit, close, reopen and delete polls.
  • Dashboard: Admins can delete user votes.
  • Dashboard: Search votes by user, filter votes by answer, and see when each vote was cast.
  • Dashboard: The 5 most recent polls on the home page.
  • Dashboard: Missing bot permissions are shown on the home page.
  • Dashboard: The settings show which roles have dashboard access.
  • Dashboard: Discord Markdown in poll questions and descriptions.
  • Bot: New language Spanish (Latin America).

Changed​

  • Dashboard: Votes of all answers are listed by default.
  • Dashboard: Weighted roles support more than 100 roles, with sorting and search.
  • Dashboard: Improved default color picker in the settings.

2025-05-09: Dashboard launch​

Added​

  • Dashboard: First release of the EasyPoll Dashboard with the poll list, poll details, all bot settings, and viewing and deleting restrictions. Accessible to the server owner and members with Administrator or Manage Server permission.

2025-04-19: Components V2​

Changed​

  • Bot: Bot messages started moving from embeds to Discord's Components V2 layout. The change was rolled out gradually, starting with 30% of all servers.

2025-01-25: Edit Poll​

Added​

  • Bot: /editpoll and the message action Apps → Edit to edit a poll after it was created: question, answers (edit, delete, add), description, poll type, duration, image, embed and button colors, maximum choices, allowed roles and whether votes can be changed.
  • Bot: Multiple allowed roles per poll (via /editpoll).
  • Bot: Option to allow or prevent users from removing or changing their vote.

Changed​

  • Bot: Polls can have up to 25 answers (previously 19 or 20). Polls with more than 20 answers must use select menus, because buttons support at most 20 answers.
  • Bot: /reopenpoll can reopen time polls whose end date has passed. The end date is removed and can be set again with /editpoll.
note

At release, answer emojis and the order of answers could not be edited, and new answers used a default emoji. Answers can be reordered on the dashboard since 2026-05-17.

2025-01-12: Role-weighted voting​

Added​

  • Bot: /settings role-weight to give votes from members of a role more weight (1 to 100, default 1). If a member has several weighted roles, the highest weight counts. The weight is fixed when the vote is cast.
  • Bot: The participant list can be sorted by username, time of voting and voting weight.

2024​

2024-08-07: Blocking users​

Added​

  • Bot: /block, /unblock and /listblocks. Blocked users can no longer run EasyPoll commands, vote, or change or remove their votes on that server.
  • Bot: The participant list shows when each user voted.

Fixed​

2024-07-11: Migrate to Buttons scheduled for removal​

Deprecated​

  • Bot: The message action Apps → Migrate to Buttons was announced to be removed after 2024-08-15. Reaction-based polls had to be migrated before that date.

2024-06-29: Copy Poll​

Added​

  • Bot: /copypoll to copy an existing poll and edit it before publishing.
  • Bot: New languages Polish and Russian.

2024-06-09: Rewrite with buttons, select menus and command permissions​

EasyPoll was rebuilt from the ground up for better scalability.

Added​

Changed​

  • Bot: Voting uses buttons and select menus instead of reactions. Reactions are no longer removed for anonymous polls, and limited-choice polls no longer depend on removing reactions.
  • Bot: Permissions are managed with Discord's command permissions (Server Settings → Integrations → EasyPoll). By default, the Manage Server permission is required for all commands except /help and /invite. See Permission System.

Removed​

  • Bot: Breaking: Voting with reactions. Existing reaction-based polls stopped working and had to be migrated to buttons.
  • Bot: Breaking: The PollCreator role and the easypoll keyword in channel descriptions no longer grant permissions.
  • Bot: Vote confirmations via direct message.