RandomMOTD Reborn

RandomMOTD Reborn

RandomMOTD Reborn is a maintained modern continuation of the original RandomMOTD plugin by Phoenix852 / ThunderKofy.

The original plugin was released in 2020 and provided a simple way to display a random message when a player joins and a random MOTD whenever someone refreshes their Minecraft server list.

RandomMOTD Reborn updates that functionality for modern Paper servers while retaining the familiar configuration structure, commands and permissions.

Features

• Random server-list MOTD on every ping
• Separate MOTD pool while the server whitelist is enabled
• Random in-game message when a player joins
• %PLAYER% placeholder in join messages
• %VERSION% placeholder using the current Minecraft version
• Legacy & colour-code support
• Reload configuration without restarting the server
• Compatible with the original RandomMOTD configuration layout
• Safe handling of empty MOTD lists

Modernised for Paper

Version 1.5.0 supports Minecraft 1.21 onwards with a single plugin JAR, rather than requiring separate builds for individual Minecraft versions.

• Paper 1.21 onwards
• Java 21 bytecode
• Existing configuration, commands and permissions retained
• Automated tests covering MOTD selection, placeholders, colour codes and configuration reloads

The plugin has been tested for successful startup on Paper 1.21 (Java 21) and Paper 26.3 (Java 25). Intermediate versions are expected to work but have not been individually verified.

Installation

1. Download RandomMOTD-1.5.0.jar.
2. Stop your server.
3. Place the JAR in your plugins folder.
4. Start the server.

If you are upgrading from the original RandomMOTD 1.3.0 or an earlier Reborn release, you can retain your existing plugins/RandomMOTD/config.yml.

Do not replace plugin JARs using /reload on a running server.

Example configuration

Commands

Aliases:

Permissions

Original project and licence

RandomMOTD was originally created by Phoenix852 / ThunderKofy.

Original Spigot resource:
https://www.spigotmc.org/resources/randommotd.75823/

The original software was distributed under the MIT License, which permits modification and redistribution. The original copyright and licence notices have been retained.

RandomMOTD Reborn is an independently maintained continuation and is not presented as an official release by the original author.

The project has been substantially modernised for current Paper APIs rather than being a simple reupload of the original JAR.

Source code:
https://github.com/Prof1611/RandomMOTD-Reborn

Licence:
MIT

Issues and support

Please report bugs and compatibility problems through GitHub Issues:

https://github.com/Prof1611/RandomMOTD-Reborn/issues