AMOTD - Advanced MOTD Plugin

Introduction

AMOTD (Advanced MOTD) is a feature-rich Minecraft server MOTD customization plugin that supports both traditional color codes and MiniMessage formatting. With AMOTD, you can create server descriptions with gradient colors, rainbow effects, and advanced text formatting, customize player list displays, and set custom server icons.

Features

Supports traditional color codes (&a, &b, etc.) and MiniMessage formats
Gradient and rainbow-colored text support
Custom player count display
Custom hover text for player lists
Random switching between multiple server icons
Access to preset styles from online style libraries

Version

Supported Minecraft Versions: 1.8.x - 1.21.x
Current Plugin Version: 1.1.0

Server Compatibility

Bukkit/Spigot/Paper - Full support, recommend Paper for optimal MiniMessage support
Folia - Full support with thread-safe implementation, automatically detects and adapts to Folia's regionalized schedulers
Velocity - Full feature compatibility

Commands & Permissions

Commands:

/amotd reload - Reload configurations and icons
/amotd get <StyleCode> - Fetch preset MOTD styles from online style library

Permissions:

amotd.command.reload - Permission to use reload command
amotd.command.get - Permission to use get command for style fetching

Online MOTD Editor

For convenient MOTD creation, we provide an online editing tool:

🔗 MOTD Online Editor

With this tool you can:

Preview and edit MOTD effects
Apply gradient colors and special formats
Generate style codes for direct server application
Design professional-level MOTD without memorizing complex syntax

Simply use /amotd get <StyleCode> in-game to apply your designed style to the server after creation!

Config

# AMOTD Plugin Configuration File

# ==============================
# Version Compatibility Notes
# ==============================
# Legacy format: Supported by all Minecraft servers
# MiniMessage format: Requires Paper 1.16.5+ server
# Gradient color support: Requires Paper 1.16.5+ server
# RGB color support: Requires Paper 1.16.5+ server
# ==============================

# Language setting (en, zh_cn)
language: "en"

# Message format type: legacy or minimessage
# legacy: Uses traditional & color codes
# minimessage: Uses MiniMessage format (requires Paper 1.16.5+ server)
message_format: "legacy"

# Legacy format MOTD (using & color codes)
legacy:
  line1: "&aWelcome to &bmy &cMinecraft &dserver!"
  line2: "&eThis message is generated by &6AMOTD &7plugin &8"

# MiniMessage format MOTD (requires Paper 1.16.5+ server)
#
# Recommended online editor: https://motd.mcobs.cn/
# After using, you can generate a style code and apply it with /amotd get <style code>
#
# Supported tag examples:
# <color:red>Red text</color>
# <gradient:#FF0000:#0000FF>Red-Blue gradient</gradient>
# <rainbow>Rainbow text</rainbow>
# <bold>Bold</bold>, <italic>Italic</italic>, <underlined>Underlined</underlined>
minimessage:
  line1: "<gradient:#FF5555:#55FF55>Welcome to my Minecraft server!</gradient>"
  line2: "<gradient:#5555FF:#FF55FF>This message is generated by AMOTD plugin</gradient>"

# Whether to enable server icon display
enable_server_icon: true

# Player count display settings
player_count:
  # Whether to enable player count modification
  enabled: false
  # Maximum player count to display
  max_players: 100
  # Whether to apply this maximum player limit (true: Actually limit the number of players, false: Only display the modified count)
  apply_limit: false

# Player list hover text settings
hover_player_list:
  # Whether to display player list hover text (when hovering over "xx/xx" player count in server list)
  enabled: true
  # Text to display when no players are online (only effective on Paper servers)
  empty_message: "No players online at the moment" 

# Whether to enable debug mode
debug: false

AMOTD

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