Greet your guild, every time, with style — from a floating window or a compact icon with dropdown menu.

Features

9 message categories — Bonjour Guilde, AFK, Retour AFK, Nuit/Jour, Groupe, Hello (nouveau membre), GG (félicitations achievement), Thanks
Two display modes — full floating window with buttons, or compact icon with hover dropdown
Configurable button order — reorder with ↑/↓ in Options tab, applies live to both window and dropdown
Achievement congratulations — automatic GG when a guildie earns an achievement, with {player} and {achievement} placeholders
Fade in / out — configurable idle transparency, animates smoothly on mouse-over
Group / Raid greetings — manual or automatic when joining a party or raid
Guild member online — optional auto-welcome when a guildie logs in
Thanks in guild channel
Fully customizable phrase lists — one phrase per line, unlimited entries, random selection
Time-based Night / Day mode — the Bye! button switches automatically based on configurable time ranges
Scalable UI — independent scale for the mini-window and the config panel
Position memory — window and icon positions saved separately between sessions
Reset position — one-click reset to screen center with forced full opacity
Slash commands & macro support
Multilingual — French, English, German, Spanish (auto-detected)
Theme — Different themes can be applied
Shortcut — quick shortcut implemented on compact mode, by clicking (right or left) on the Icon

Installation

Manual

Download and unzip the addon.
Copy the GuildGreeter folder into your WoW AddOns directory:
- Retail / Midnight: World of Warcraft/_retail_/Interface/AddOns/
- Classic: World of Warcraft/_classic_/Interface/AddOns/
Launch WoW and enable the addon in the AddOns list on the character select screen.

CurseForge App

Install directly via the CurseForge app — no manual steps required.

Usage

Floating Window

Button	Action	Channel
Bonjour Guilde	Random hello message	Guild
AFK	Going AFK announcement	Guild
Retour AFK	Back from AFK announcement	Guild
Bye!	Night or Day farewell (time-based)	Guild
Salut groupe	Greeting to party/raid (greyed if not in group)	Party / Raid
Hello!	Welcome message for a new member	Guild
GG!	Congratulations for an achievement	Guild
Config	Open the configuration panel	—

Icon Mode

A compact GG icon. Hover to expand the dropdown centered on the icon. The dropdown auto-positions above or below based on available screen space.

Slash Commands

Command	Action
`/gg`	Open the configuration panel
`/gg config`	Open the configuration panel
`/gg show`	Show the window / icon
`/gg hide`	Hide the window / icon
`/gg scale 1.5`	Set mini-window scale (0.5 – 2.0)
`/gg debug`	Show diagnostic info (positions, DB state)
`/bj`	Say hello in guild
`/bjg`	Say hello in party / raid
`/afkguilde`	Announce AFK in guild
`/reafk`	Announce back from AFK in guild
`/bs`	Say Bye! in guild (time-based Night / Day)

Configuration (`/gg`)

Tabs — 3 rows of 3

Tab	Description	Channel
Bonjour	Morning / daytime greetings	Guild
AFK	Away messages	Guild
Retour AFK	Return messages	Guild
Nuit	Late-night farewell messages	Guild
Jour	Daytime farewell messages	Guild
Groupe	Party / raid greetings	Party / Raid
Nouveau	New member welcome messages	Guild
GG	Achievement congratulations with `{player}` and `{achievement}`	Guild
Options	All display and behavior settings	—

Achievement Placeholders

In the GG tab, use these placeholders in your phrases:

Placeholder	Replaced by
`{player}`	The name of the guildie who earned the achievement
`{achievement}`	The name of the achievement

Example: GG {player} pour [{achievement}] ! → GG Thorminak pour [Conquérant de Naxxramas] !

When used via the manual GG! button (no achievement context), phrases with placeholders are skipped in favor of generic phrases like GG ! or Bravo !.

Options Tab

Display mode — Button window or Icon with hover dropdown
Fade / Transparency — Enable/disable, idle opacity slider (0–90%)
Window scale — 0.5× to 2.0× with Reset
Config scale — 0.5× to 1.2×, default 0.85×
Reset position — Window or Icon, recenters and forces full opacity + visibility
Time ranges — Night/Day start and end hours (cross-midnight supported)
Group options — Auto-greet on group join, extend to raids
New member — Auto-welcome when a guildie logs in
Achievement GG — Auto-congratulate when a guildie earns an achievement
Button order — Reorder with ↑/↓ arrows, applies live to window and dropdown

Saved Data

All settings stored in GuildGreeterDB via WoW's SavedVariables system.

WTF/Account/<ACCOUNT>/SavedVariables/GuildGreeter.lua

Localization

Language	Code	Status
French	`frFR`	Full
English	`enUS` / `enGB`	Full
German	`deDE`	Full
Spanish	`esES` / `esMX`	Full
Other	—	English fallback

Compatibility

Version	Status
WoW Midnight (Alpha)	Supported
WoW Retail (The War Within)	Supported
WoW Classic / Anniversary	Supported

Thanks to Claude AI that help me a lot