Pinger

Displays each player's real-time ping in the tab list, color-coded by latency threshold. Includes a private /ping command and full runtime control via admin commands.

Features

Live ping indicator in the tab list, refreshed on a configurable interval
Color-coded thresholds — configurable colors, values, and bracket style
Private /ping command — response is only visible to the sender
Runtime toggle for tab display and /ping command without a server restart
Full internationalization — drop any .yml into lang/ and point config to it
Bundled languages: English (en_US) and Custom

Ping Thresholds

Range	Color	Default
Excellent	Green	≤ 35 ms
Good	Gold	36 – 99 ms
Warning	Red	100 – 999 ms
Critical	Dark Red, bold	≥ 1000 ms

All values and colors are editable in config.yml.

Commands

Command	Description	Permission
`/ping`	Show your current ping	`pinger.ping`
`/pinger help`	List all commands	—
`/pinger reload`	Reload config and language	`pinger.admin`
`/pinger on tab`	Enable tab ping display	`pinger.admin`
`/pinger off tab`	Disable tab ping display	`pinger.admin`
`/pinger on ping`	Enable `/ping` command	`pinger.admin`
`/pinger off ping`	Disable `/ping` command	`pinger.admin`
`/pinger status`	Show current plugin state	`pinger.admin`

/pinger on and /pinger off without an argument toggle both at once. Runtime changes reset to config.yml values on /pinger reload.

Permissions

Node	Default	Description
`pinger.admin`	OP	All `/pinger` admin subcommands
`pinger.ping`	true	Use `/ping`
`pinger.see`	true	See ping in tab list

Configuration

Generated automatically on first launch with full inline documentation.

general:
  enabled: true
  update-interval: 20        # 20 ticks = 1 second
  language: en_US

display:
  show-in-tab: true
  ping-command-enabled: true
  show-ms-suffix: true
  brackets:
    open: "["
    close: "]"
    color: GRAY
    bold: true

thresholds:
  excellent:  { max: 35,   color: GREEN    }
  good:       { max: 99,   color: GOLD     }
  warning:    { max: 999,  color: RED      }
  critical:   { min: 1000, color: DARK_RED, bold: true, text: "CRITICAL" }

Custom Language

Create plugins/pinger/lang/your_lang.yml — use en_US.yml as a template
Set language: your_lang in config.yml
Run /pinger reload

& color codes and placeholders ({ping}, {player}, etc.) are fully supported.

Requirements

Paper 1.21+ (or any Paper fork)
Java 21+

by pozii