Why Server Owners Love EzCountdown

• Compatible with Spigot, Paper, and Bukkit 1.7–1.21.* – Works on nearly every modern Minecraft server.
• Perfect for New Year Countdowns – Create a live, community-wide countdown to midnight or any special event!
• Multiple countdown types – Fixed dates, durations, recurring schedules, or manual timers. Set up for launches, resets, or holidays in seconds.
• Flexible displays – Show timers in action bar, boss bar, title, chat, or scoreboard. Make sure every player sees the excitement.
• Permission control – Limit visibility or management to specific ranks. Keep control in the hands of your staff or VIPs.
• PlaceholderAPI support – Use %ezcountdown_<name>_formatted% and time-part placeholders in any plugin or message.
• Config-driven – Tune update intervals, messaging, and defaults in YAML. No coding required—just edit and reload.

Quick Start

• Drop EzCountdown.jar into plugins/ and start your server.
• Edit plugins/EzCountdown/countdowns.yml to define timers and messages—set up a New Year countdown in seconds!
• Use /countdown list to verify active countdowns.
• Reload changes instantly with /countdown reload.

Commands & Permissions

Command	Description	Permission
/countdown create <name> <date|duration|manual|recurring>	Create a countdown.	ezcountdown.admin
/countdown start <name>	Start a countdown.	ezcountdown.admin
/countdown stop <name>	Stop a countdown.	ezcountdown.admin
/countdown delete <name>	Delete a countdown.	ezcountdown.admin
/countdown list	List countdowns.	ezcountdown.use
/countdown info <name>	Show countdown details.	ezcountdown.use
/countdown reload	Reload configuration files.	ezcountdown.admin

Configuration Highlights

• countdowns.yml – Define per-countdown type, target, running state, display types, and message formats.
• messages.yml – Control prefixes and localized feedback text (MiniMessage supported).
• config.yml – Defaults for display types, permissions, and update intervals.

Display and countdown types

• TITLE | Use to set the title
• BOSS_BAR | Use to set the bossbar
• ACTION_BAR | Use to set the action bar
• Fixed date | Count down to a specific date/time (`/countdown create new_year 2026-01-01 00:00`).
• Duration | Count down for a set length of time, starting immediately if `start-on-create` is enabled (`/countdown create maintenance duration 2h`).
• Manual | Define a duration that only runs when you manually start it (`/countdown create sale manual 15m`, then `/countdown start sale`).
• Recurring | Repeat annually at the same month/day/time (`/countdown create anniversary recurring 12 31 23:59`).

Placeholders

• %ezcountdown_<name>_formatted%
• %ezcountdown_<name>_days%
• %ezcountdown_<name>_hours%
• %ezcountdown_<name>_minutes%
• %ezcountdown_<name>_seconds%

Discord Webhook & Embed Integration

• Send notifications to Discord using webhooks with fully customizable embed messages.
• Multiple webhooks, each with its own triggers and embed style
• Placeholders: {countdown}, {time_left}, {days}, {hours}, {minutes}, {seconds}
• Customizable embed fields: title, description, color, footer, footer icon, author, thumbnail, image

Add as many webhooks as you like, each with different triggers and embed templates.