New Guild Applicants

Recruiting for your guild through the in-game Guild Finder? Stop opening the guild window every few minutes just to check whether anyone's applied. New Guild Applicants puts a small icon on your minimap that shows exactly how many players are currently waiting for an invite — at a glance, no clicking required.

When someone new applies, it plays a quick sound so you know even if you're not looking at the map. No spammy popups, no chat clutter, no nagging — just a quiet number that tells you when it's time to go welcome someone in.

Features

Live applicant count on your minimap — see pending Guild Finder applications at a glance.
Audio alert when the count goes up, so new applicants get your attention hands-free (toggleable, and it won't nag you on login).
One click to your guild window — click the icon to open Guild & Communities, then head to the Guild Finder tab to review and accept.
Stays out of your way — the icon only appears when you're resting in a city or inn and actually have invite permission. If you can't recruit, you'll never see it.
Draggable — reposition the icon anywhere around your minimap ring.
Lightweight and respectful — polling fully stops when it's not needed, and the addon never interferes with the guild window while you're using it (edit member notes freely).
Configurable — toggle the sound, hide the icon, or adjust how often it checks (1–15 minutes).

How to use

Just install it. If you're a guild officer or recruiter, the icon appears on your minimap while you're resting. Left-click it to open your guild window and review applicants. Open settings anytime with /nga config or through ESC → Options → AddOns.

Requirements

You need to be in a guild with the Invite permission (officer/GM, or any rank that can invite) for the count to show. The icon is hidden entirely for anyone who can't act on applicants.
Retail World of Warcraft.

Good to know

The count reflects Guild Finder applicants — people who applied through the in-game recruitment tool — not direct whisper/invite requests.
The icon deliberately opens the guild window rather than auto-jumping to the applicant tab. This keeps the interface fully usable (so things like editing member notes always work).

Feedback & bugs

Found something off? Please leave a comment describing what you were doing when it happened (just logged in, clicked the icon, in a raid, etc.) — that context makes fixes much faster.

About the author

Made by Happy of Moon Guard. For more automation tools, scripts, and IT services, visit trustwise.tech.

If this addon saves you some clicks and you'd like to support its development, you can buy me a coffee — thank you!