NameTagX is a modern and powerful NameTag management plugin designed for Minecraft 1.21+ servers using Paper or Spigot.
It allows you to fully customize player name tags with prefixes, suffixes, colors, priorities and permissions, without using NMS or packets.
- Fully customizable NameTags (prefix, suffix, color)
- Group-based system with priorities
- Permission-based management (LuckPerms, GroupManager compatible)
- Per-player custom tags
- Real-time updates
- Public API for developers
- YAML configuration
- TAB, chat and scoreboard compatible
- 100% Bukkit API (no NMS, future-proof)
- Java 21
- Paper 1.21+ or Spigot 1.21+
- Permission plugin (LuckPerms recommended)
- Download NameTagX.jar
- Put it into your plugins/ folder
- Restart the server
- Configure groups.yml
- Give permissions to players/rank
- Prefix + suffix visual length is limited to 16 characters (Minecraft limitation)
- Avoid using multiple NameTag plugins at the same time
Quick facts
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft version listed: 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 Spigot — 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.
NameTagX – Advanced NameTag Manager (1.21+) is a free Minecraft Java mod. Compatible with Minecraft 1.21. Downloaded 716 times (via Spigot). Download it and open it directly in the game.