
ActMotd
A professional two-line MOTD and join/quit message plugin for Paper servers with color and PlaceholderAPI support.
⬇ Download on Modrinth
ActMotd is a clean, production-ready MOTD + Join/Quit message plugin for Paper/Spigot servers.
Features
- Two-line MOTD system (line1 + line2)
- MOTD rotation modes: single / random / sequence
- Color support: legacy (&) + hex (&#RRGGBB on 1.16+)
- Optional PlaceholderAPI placeholders in MOTD and messages
- Custom join/quit broadcasts with vanilla join/quit suppression
- Reload command: /actmotd reload (no restart needed)
- Optional favicon support (64x64 PNG)
Commands
/actmotd reload Permission: actmotd.reload (default: op)
Configuration
motd.mode: single | random | sequence
motd.entries:
- line1: "..." line2: "..."
joinquit.join / joinquit.quit lists (fully editable)


Optional dependency
PlaceholderAPI (softdepend). If installed, placeholders are parsed; otherwise the plugin still works.
Support If you face any issues, share your server version and latest.log with the error section.
MIT License
Copyright (c) 2026 SpacyGaming
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft versions listed: 1.8.9, 1.9, 1.9.1
- 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 ActMotd-3.1.0.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 13 KB
- Download link checked 21 Aug 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.