

Maintenance Countdown
Your ultimate solution for managing server shutdowns and maintenance with style.
Maintenance Countdown is a lightweight yet powerful plugin designed for Spigot, Paper, and their forks. It provides administrators with a simple, modern way to manage server-wide countdowns before scheduled maintenance, reboots, or special events.
Key Features:
- Modern Compatibility: Built with the latest Adventure API, ensuring seamless performance and beautiful messages on Minecraft versions 1.20.5 and newer.
- Intuitive Command System: All actions are handled through a single, easy-to-use command,
/maintcount, with full tab-completion for all subcommands and arguments. - Flexible Scheduling: Schedule a maintenance countdown to start automatically at a specific date and time. Use
/maintcount schedule <YYYY-MM-DD> <HH:mm> <soft|hard|no>. - Full Customization: Every message, title, and action bar is fully customizable in the
config.ymlfile, supporting modern MiniMessage formatting and placeholders. - Multiple Shutdown Scenarios: Choose between a soft shutdown (kicking players with a message before shutdown), a hard shutdown (immediate server stop), or no shutdown (timer-only).
- Player Notifications: Ensure no one misses the announcement with clear, on-screen titles and a dynamic action bar countdown that updates in real-time.
Commands & Permissions:
/maintcountstart <duration> <scenario>- Starts a countdown (e.g.,5mor3m).schedule <date> <time> <scenario>- Schedules a countdown for a future time.pause- Pauses the active countdown.resume- Resumes a paused countdown.stop- Instantly stops the active countdown.
maintcountdown.admin: Allows access to all commands. By default, only operators have this permission.
How to Use:
- Place the
MaintenanceCountdown.jarfile into your server’s/pluginsfolder. - Restart the server to generate the
config.ymlandplugin.ymlfiles. - Customize all messages and timers in
config.ymlto fit your server's style. - Use the commands above to manage your maintenance events.
Why Choose This Plugin?
This plugin makes server management simple and transparent. It ensures every player is informed with clear, elegant messages while giving administrators complete control. It's built on a reliable, modern API, making it a robust solution for any server running on PaperMC, Spigot, or their derivatives on 1.20.5+.
Planned Features
Automaticconfig.ymlgenerationConsole message when countdown ends- Multiple language support, configurable in
config.yml - Custom countdown times (
/maintcount start 500in seconds) - Plugin update checker
- (This list is updated monthly)
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft versions listed: 1.20.5, 1.20.6, 1.21
- How to install: Install the matching mod loader (Forge, Fabric or NeoForge) for your Minecraft version. → Download the .jar. → Put it in the .minecraft/mods folder and launch that loader profile.
- Where to get it: Opens on Modrinth — not every file is mirrored on our own servers.
Install steps are the general flow for this file type — How to install Minecraft Java mods & modpacks walks through it step by step.
- Ships as MaintenanceCountdown-1.5.1.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 18 KB
- Download link checked 6 Sept 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.