01 · Operator
Who operates Discordbot
- Company
- Discord
- Type
- Social preview bot
- Official docs
- support.discord.com
02 · Behavior
What Discordbot does
When a link is shared in Discord, the bot loads the page to read its title, description and image. It does not crawl sites on its own. For images and videos, Discord may cache a copy and serve it through its own servers.
03 · Impact
Why Discordbot matters for your site
If you allow it
- Links shared in Discord show a rich preview
- It fetches only links that users share
If you block it
- You do not want previews of your pages on Discord
- You want to reduce media requests from chat platforms
04 · Allow
How to allow Discordbot
robots.txt
User-agent: Discordbot
Allow: /Cloudflare
# Security › WAF › Custom rules › Create rule
Expression: (http.user_agent contains "Discordbot")
Action: Skip › All Super Bot Fight Mode rules
# Also check Security › Bots: "Block AI bots" can block it regardless of robots.txt.WordPress
# WordPress serves a virtual robots.txt. Edit it with your SEO plugin:
# Yoast: SEO › Tools › File editor · Rank Math: General Settings › Edit robots.txt
User-agent: Discordbot
Allow: /nginx
# nginx serves every user agent by default.
# Make sure no rule like this blocks it:
# if ($http_user_agent ~* "Discordbot") { return 403; }Apache
# Apache serves every user agent by default.
# Make sure .htaccess has no rule like this:
# RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} Discordbot [NC]
# RewriteRule .* - [F,L]05 · Block
How to block Discordbot
Start with robots.txt. If Discordbot keeps showing up in your logs, block it at your CDN or web server.
robots.txt
User-agent: Discordbot
Disallow: /Cloudflare
# Security › WAF › Custom rules › Create rule
Expression: (http.user_agent contains "Discordbot")
Action: BlockWordPress
# WordPress serves a virtual robots.txt. Edit it with your SEO plugin:
# Yoast: SEO › Tools › File editor · Rank Math: General Settings › Edit robots.txt
User-agent: Discordbot
Disallow: /nginx
# In your server { } block:
if ($http_user_agent ~* "Discordbot") {
return 403;
}Apache
# .htaccess
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} Discordbot [NC]
RewriteRule .* - [F,L]
</IfModule>06 · User agents
User agents we see for Discordbot
The user agent published by the operator:
Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Discordbot/2.0; +https://discordapp.com)07 · Verification
Is it really Discordbot?
Anyone can copy a user agent. Real Discordbot requests come from the IP ranges published at cdn.discordapp.com/ipranges/discord.json.
FAQ
Questions about Discordbot
How do I verify that a request is really from Discordbot?
Check the source IP against Discord's published ranges at cdn.discordapp.com/ipranges/discord.json. Discord says the user agent alone can be spoofed.
Does Discordbot crawl my whole website?
No. Discord states the bot visits a page only when someone shares its link in Discord.
Why do my images load from Discord's servers?
Discord may cache images and videos from shared links. It then serves them through its own servers to load faster and hide viewer IP addresses.
Last reviewed Oct 7, 2026