How to Keep a Message at the Bottom of a Discord Channel

Rules, notices or a how-to get buried in chat quickly. Pinning only helps partly, because pinned messages do not sit at the bottom. A sticky message, by contrast, stays at the bottom: once enough new messages arrive in between, Kage deletes the old one and posts it again.

Quick answer: In the dashboard under Sticky Messages set a text and a Threshold per channel. After that many new messages the text is back at the very bottom.

Setting it up

1. Open the Sticky Messages module and switch on Sticky Messages enabled.
2. Click + Add channel and choose the channel.
3. Write the sticky message text (up to 2000 characters).
4. Set the Threshold: after how many new messages the sticky message is reposted. By command the default is 5.
5. Save.

By command it works with the bot's sticky command; thresholds from 1 to 100 are possible.

How it works

• There is one sticky message per channel.
• The counter lives in the bot's memory. After a restart it starts over; the message then stays a little longer than necessary.
• The old sticky message is removed automatically so there are never two in the channel.
• Messages from bots do not count.

Tips

• Keep it short. A long text causes scrolling annoyance. Link to a detailed page.
• Do not set it too low. At threshold 1 Kage reposts after every message, which makes the channel restless.
• For embeds with images or buttons the embed builder fits, see How to create Discord embed messages.

If it does not work

• Nothing is reposted. Is Sticky Messages enabled on, is the threshold reached and does the bot have write and delete permissions in the channel?
• The module is resting. Sticky Messages is tied to a plan; the "Related Kage features" box shows the assignment.

Works well with

Sticky messages suit busy channels, for example next to temporary voice channels or a stats channel.

FAQ

What is the difference to pinning?

Pinned messages stay in the pins list but do not sit at the bottom of the chat. A sticky message is posted back to the bottom.

Can I have several sticky messages per channel?

No, one per channel.