How to setup and use PlaceholderAPI plugin [Java]
Information:
- PlaceholderApi is a magnificient plugin with tags for a variety of plugins. It has a huge list of Plugin Names and Supported Tags to make use easier. It provides placeholder variables you can use in your server, for example if you want to have a placeholder for players, there's something for it! If you want a placeholder for your money in-game, there's something for it!
1. Downloading from Spigot
- Resource
- Click on the Download Now button.
- And save it in a place you can remember.
2. Uploading
- Go to your
/home/container/plugins
folder or click Plugins in your home directory. - Upload the
.jar
PlaceholderAPI file. - Restart your server.
3. Setup
- It is a plug 'n' play plugin so no configurations are required
- The only important option in the
config.yml
isucloud_allow_unverified_expansions: false/true
, which you will need to set to true if you want to download extensions for a plugin not verified
4. Papi ECloud
- This is the most important feature of the plugin, to instantly download Papi Extensions from the internet.
- Check out all the Placeholders at: Placeholders
- For this example we will be using the Server Placeholders. Server
- First, in console, type
papi ecloud download Server
or in-game,/papi ecloud download Server
papi ecloud download Player
- Then type in console
papi reload
or/papi reload
in-game - And now you have successfully downloaded the
Server
extension for PlaceholderAPI. - To test if the placeholders are working, simply run
/papi parse me %the_placeholder%
Article written by Arinji#7416 ( ID 890486507872342027 )
Updated on: 14/06/2022
Thank you!