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ColdMOTD - Advanced Custom MOTD with HEX Colors, Hover Text & Server Icons
Java mod listed for Minecraft 1.16–1.21. Downloads from the MC Java Mods app on Android.
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ColdMOTD
Advanced Custom MOTD with HEX Colors, MiniMessage, Hover Text & Server Icons
Supports Minecraft 1.16.5 - 1.21.x
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Features:
Advanced Custom MOTD with HEX Colors, MiniMessage, Hover Text & Server Icons
Supports Minecraft 1.16.5 - 1.21.x
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Features:
- Custom MOTD with full HEX color support (#RRGGBB) and MiniMessage formatting
- Multiple MOTD sets with random selection
- Conditional MOTDs displayed when configured conditions are met
- Custom hover text with online player samples
- Random and fixed server icons
- Fake player counts with configurable modes
- Built-in placeholders: %online%, %max_players%, %maintenance_mode%, and %maintenance_remaining%
- PlaceholderAPI support for additional placeholders
- Maintenance mode with a configurable kick message and MOTD
- Maintenance allowlist with permission-based bypass
- Scheduled maintenance, countdown boss bar, and adjustable remaining time
- In-game configuration commands with tab completion
- English and Russian language files selectable in the configuration
- Status diagnostics for plugin version, Java, dependencies, icons, and maintenance
- bStats metrics: https://bstats.org/plugin/bukkit/ColdMOTD/28811
Dependencies:
- ProtocolLib — recommended for hover text, fake player counts, and dynamic server icons
- PlaceholderAPI — optional; required only for its external placeholders
Commands:
- /coldmotd — show command help
- /coldmotd status — view plugin diagnostics and maintenance status
- /coldmotd reload — reload configuration and language files
- /coldmotd on/off — enable or disable ColdMOTD
- /coldmotd motd on/off
- /coldmotd random-motd on/off
- /coldmotd condition-motd on/off
- /coldmotd hover on/off
- /coldmotd random-hover on/off
- /coldmotd icon on/off
- /coldmotd random-icon
- /coldmotd fakeplayers on/off
- /coldmotd fakeplayer set <number>
- /coldmotd fakeplayer setmax <number>
- /coldmotd maintenance on <duration> [HH:mm] [-force] — enable maintenance now or schedule it
- /coldmotd maintenance off
- /coldmotd maintenance list [page] — view the maintenance allowlist
- /coldmotd maintenance addplayer/removeplayer <player>
- /coldmotd maintenance addtime/removetime <duration>
Permission: coldmotd.admin
Maintenance bypass permission: coldmotd.maintenance.bypass
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Simple, powerful, and reliable.
Support: Reply here or PM me on Spigot.
Enjoy!
Simple, powerful, and reliable.
Support: Reply here or PM me on Spigot.
Enjoy!
Quick facts
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft versions listed: 1.16, 1.17, 1.18
- 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.
ColdMOTD - Advanced Custom MOTD with HEX Colors, Hover Text & Server Icons is a free Minecraft Java mod. Compatible with Minecraft 1.16, 1.17, 1.18, 1.19 and newer. Downloaded 146 times (via Spigot). Download it and open it directly in the game.