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:
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