NameTagX is a modern and powerful NameTag management plugin designed for Minecraft 1.21+ servers using Paper or Spigot.


It allows you to fully customize player name tags with prefixes, suffixes, colors, priorities and permissions, without using NMS or packets.

• Fully customizable NameTags (prefix, suffix, color)
• Group-based system with priorities
• Permission-based management (LuckPerms, GroupManager compatible)
• Per-player custom tags
• Real-time updates
• Public API for developers
• YAML configuration
• TAB, chat and scoreboard compatible
• 100% Bukkit API (no NMS, future-proof)

Requirements

• Java 21
• Paper 1.21+ or Spigot 1.21+
• Permission plugin (LuckPerms recommended)

Installation

1. Download NameTagX.jar
2. Put it into your plugins/ folder
3. Restart the server
4. Configure groups.yml
5. Give permissions to players/rank
   

⚠️ Notes

• Prefix + suffix visual length is limited to 16 characters (Minecraft limitation)
• Avoid using multiple NameTag plugins at the same time