# Placeholders

### What are placeholders?

Placeholders are variables replaced with content whenever they are used in things like welcome messages. For instance, the `[userid]` placeholder is replaced with the user's id. Here's a full list.

### Placeholder List

| Placeholder             | Description                                                                                                  |
| ----------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| **User Placeholders**   |                                                                                                              |
| `[user]`                | <p>The user's tag.<br>Example: "Coding#0001"</p>                                                             |
| `[userid]`              | <p>The user's ID.<br>Example: "443545183997657120"</p>                                                       |
| `[username]`            | <p>The user's username.<br>Example: "Mason"</p>                                                              |
| `[usermention]`         | <p>Mentions the user.<br>Example: "@Coding"</p>                                                              |
| `[usercreatedat]`       | <p>When the user's account was created.</p><p>Example: "Thursday, February 2nd 2017 (about 4 years ago)"</p> |
| `[userjoinedat]`        | <p>When the user joined the server.</p><p>Example: "Wednesday, June 24th 2020 (about 4 months ago)"</p>      |
| **Server Placeholders** |                                                                                                              |
| `[servername]`          | <p>The name of the server.</p><p>Example: "ChannelBot Support"</p>                                           |
| `[membercount]`         | <p>The amount of members in the server.</p><p>Example: "12"</p>                                              |
| `[owner]`               | <p>The server owner's mention.<br>Example: "@Coding"</p>                                                     |
| `[ownerid]`             | <p>The server owner's ID.<br>Example: "443545183997657120"</p>                                               |

### Suggesting Placeholders

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