Use Discord Integration in Your WordPress Website

Using online communication tools in the workplace was already a growing movement before the COVID-19 pandemic. But in 2020, if we learned something, it’s that businesses can run efficiently through the virtual collaboration tools too. Discord is one of them. It has 140+ million active users throughout the globe.

In this article, we will see how to use Discord integration in WordPress by Fluent Forms. But if you are confused about the plugin’s functionality, let’s have a quick ride on that too.

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What is Discord?

Discord is well known for being the best communication platform for gamers and developers. It is a chat app where users can design their private communication servers. Each server can cover multiple channels that are classified by hash-tagged keywords. Besides, every channel can maintain a different purpose or set of permitted users. Users can join diverse servers from one account and send direct messages to other users inside those channels’ featuring text, photo, voice, or video messages.

Why would a business team use a platform that is made for gamers? Let’s see the benefits of it.

Advantages of using Discord for business

People who use Discord for their business already know how easy it is to connect and maintain employees inside and outside the organization. But what more benefits can you get from it? Let’s explore other features of the tool.

Easy to start

Discord is such a simple app that anyone who has ever used a chat feature on social media can operate the tool smoothly. The downloading process is so quick, and it takes very little space to adjust on a pc or phone. With its intuitive features, you don’t have to spend hours creating a meeting.

Integrations

Currently, you can get Webhooks, Twitch, and YouTube integrations in Discord. In addition, it inspires developers to work with its API to create new alliances beyond the gaming group. Zapier brings that functionality of thousands of integrations to the Discord community.

Budget-friendly

Various Discord features are free to use. Users can have everything they need in free membership. Businesses that pay for advanced functionalities will get access to HD video capability, custom emojis, larger servers, and other things for gamers.

Audio sync functionality

Discord is well known for syncing clear audio between users. This feature allows users to collaborate in a team with no delays during meetings or discussions. Gamers found this function so cool.

Huge server

Discord servers are armed to manage all the data, including video, audion, and screen sharing you want to share with your team members or groups. Even you can host a live video with 25 people on a single server with access to texting and messaging. With Discord, you can invite numerous people to your channel, and to do this; you can also generate any link. From some servers’ reports, it has been found that there are thousands of users on some servers.

Access to use with bots

An interesting fact of Discord is its bots. These bots can fill the gaps between Discords functionality and a physical office’s preferences. For example, it permits users to work on their Trello board and manage tasks within a Discord server. Moreover, you will get a high-tech bot to speak your notification to you. You need to enable it. Discord is now focusing on to built more business-focused bots.

Secured IP and protection

Discord has taken steps to discourage malware and DDoS attacks by enabling two-factor authentication for employees. It requires verification for logins from an unknown IP address before granting access.

So, undoubtedly, Discord is a good option for highly regulated industries where you need to document all of your work messages. Now, without any further ado, let’s see how to add Discord integration to your WordPress website.

Conenct Discord integration with Fluent Forms

In this article, we are using Fluent Forms to integrate Discord. Why? Because it is one of the fastest and lightweight tools in WordPress. The drag and drop facility of the tool wins thousands of people’s hearts. Besides, its interface is so smooth that any beginner can use the plugin. 

Fluent Forms comes with 65 pre-built templates, including conversational forms, 45+ input fields, 35+ integrations for users. Some unique functions of the tool are custom CSS, reCAPTCHA, hCapthca, radio button, google address autocomplete field, signature addon, PDF addon, keyboard access, and payment option on conversational forms, and so on. So why not use it on your WordPress website?

Now to integrate Discord with Fluent Forms, follow these steps

1. Enable Discord integration
2. Create a Discord channel
3. Take the Webhook URL of Discord
4. Save the settings

Go to the Integration Modules section of Fluent Forms pro, and enable the Discord module as shown in the screenshot below.

Now open a Discord account, and go to its dashboard. Then click on the plus (+) icon to create a new server, or if you want, you can use the existing one.

Next, click on the channel you have just created and click on the settings icon.

Choose the Integrations option from the opened dropdown section, and click on the Create webhook button.

Copy the Webhook URL.

Now go to Fluent Forms pro dashboard, and select the form you want to integrate with Discord. To do so, click on the Settings & Integrations tab of the form page, and select Marketing & CRM Integration option from the left sidebar. Then click on the Add New Integration button from the top right corner, and choose Discord Integration.

Paste the Webhook URL in the respected field, and fill up the required information of the page, such as Feed name, description, footer, status, etc. You can also set conditional logic if you need it. At last, when all the settings are completed, click on the Create Discord Feed button.

Final Words

Discord is undoubtedly helpful for easy and smooth collaboration. This type of tool is a must for remote work, social distancing, and shifting works. Besides, a plugin like Fluent Forms on your WordPress website can take your business to a whole new level because it is jam-packed with other necessary tools like MailChimp, ActiveCampaign, Campaign Monitor, Platformly, Zapier, Gist, and so on.
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