xMOTD
Customize your Minecraft server MOTD with dynamic colors, randomness, and real-time updates.
A feature-rich Bukkit/Spigot plugin for managing and customizing your server's MOTD with advanced color formatting, placeholder support, and cross-version compatibility.
Features
- Advanced Color Support — Use both legacy (&a, &b) and modern hex (#BBFF00) color codes
- Random MOTDs — Rotates multiple MOTDs randomly on each server ping
- Dynamic Placeholders — Include real-time values like %online%, %max%, and %newline%
- Multi-line MOTDs — Impress players with detailed multi-line messages
- Live Reloading — Apply changes instantly with no server restart
- ⌨️ Tab Completion — Full support for command auto-completion
- Cross-Version Compatible — Supports Minecraft 1.20.1 through 1.21.4
- Download the latest version of xMOTD.jar
- Place it into your server's plugins/ directory
- Restart your server or reload the plugin using a plugin manager
- Edit your MOTDs in plugins/xMOTD/config.yml
- Use /motdreload to reload MOTDs live
You can use dynamic placeholders in your MOTDs to enhance the experience:
Placeholder Description
%online% Current number of players online
%max% Maximum player slots
%newline% Adds a new line in the MOTD
Support
- Author: GodXPro
- Discord: godxpro.exe
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.
xMOTD - Customized Server List is a free Minecraft Java mod. Compatible with Minecraft 1.16, 1.17, 1.18, 1.19 and newer. Downloaded 166 times (via Spigot). Download it and open it directly in the game.