diff --git a/docs/content/configuration/templating.md b/docs/content/configuration/templating.md
index 442808f..2b4ed31 100644
--- a/docs/content/configuration/templating.md
+++ b/docs/content/configuration/templating.md
@@ -232,6 +232,19 @@ Example:
 < test - oops
 ```
 
+### `idForUsername`
+
+Returns the user-id for the given username
+
+Syntax: `idForUsername <username>`
+
+Example:
+
+```
+# {{ idForUsername "twitch" }}
+* 12826
+```
+
 ### `inList`
 
 Tests whether a string is in a given list of strings (for conditional templates).
@@ -376,7 +389,7 @@ Example:
 
 ```
 # Your int this hour: {{ printf "%.0f" (mulf (seededRandom (list "int" .username (now | date "2006-01-02 15") | join ":")) 100) }}%
-< Your int this hour: 9%
+< Your int this hour: 77%
 ```
 
 ### `streamUptime`
@@ -446,6 +459,19 @@ Example:
 * Weather for Hamburg, DE: Few clouds with a temperature of 22 C (71.6 F). [...]
 ```
 
+### `usernameForID`
+
+Returns the current login name of an user-id
+
+Syntax: `usernameForID <user-id>`
+
+Example:
+
+```
+# {{ usernameForID "12826" }}
+* twitch
+```
+
 ### `variable`
 
 Returns the variable value or default in case it is empty
diff --git a/functions_twitch.go b/functions_twitch.go
index 25d8848..0b2468d 100644
--- a/functions_twitch.go
+++ b/functions_twitch.go
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/Luzifer/twitch-bot/v3/plugins"
 )
 
+//nolint:funlen
 func init() {
 	tplFuncs.Register("displayName", plugins.GenericTemplateFunctionGetter(tplTwitchDisplayName), plugins.TemplateFuncDocumentation{
 		Description: "Returns the display name the specified user set for themselves",
@@ -58,6 +59,15 @@ func init() {
 		},
 	})
 
+	tplFuncs.Register("idForUsername", plugins.GenericTemplateFunctionGetter(tplTwitchIDForUsername), plugins.TemplateFuncDocumentation{
+		Description: "Returns the user-id for the given username",
+		Syntax:      "idForUsername <username>",
+		Example: &plugins.TemplateFuncDocumentationExample{
+			Template:    `{{ idForUsername "twitch" }}`,
+			FakedOutput: "12826",
+		},
+	})
+
 	tplFuncs.Register("lastPoll", plugins.GenericTemplateFunctionGetter(tplTwitchLastPoll), plugins.TemplateFuncDocumentation{
 		Description: "Gets the last (currently running or archived) poll for the given channel (the channel must have given extended permission for poll access!)",
 		Syntax:      "lastPoll <channel>",
@@ -105,7 +115,7 @@ func init() {
 	})
 
 	tplFuncs.Register("usernameForID", plugins.GenericTemplateFunctionGetter(tplTwitchUsernameForID), plugins.TemplateFuncDocumentation{
-		Description: "Returns the currente login name of an user-id",
+		Description: "Returns the current login name of an user-id",
 		Syntax:      "usernameForID <user-id>",
 		Example: &plugins.TemplateFuncDocumentationExample{
 			Template:    `{{ usernameForID "12826" }}`,
@@ -178,6 +188,10 @@ func tplTwitchDoesFollowLongerThan(from, to string, t any) (bool, error) {
 	}
 }
 
+func tplTwitchIDForUsername(username string) (string, error) {
+	return twitchClient.GetIDForUsername(username)
+}
+
 func tplTwitchLastPoll(username string) (*twitch.PollInfo, error) {
 	hasPollAccess, err := accessService.HasAnyPermissionForChannel(username, twitch.ScopeChannelReadPolls, twitch.ScopeChannelManagePolls)
 	if err != nil {