About Illusion - Custom Hologram Creator by MageMonkey.studio (formerly HolographicDisplays))
From SpigotMCCreate futuristic holograms to display text, items and images!
Filoghost has graciously granted us permission to carry forward and support Holographic Displays on Spigot under the new moniker, Illusion - Custom Hologram Creator!
Having personally relied on HolographicDisplays for my servers since 2015, I'm thrilled to embark on this journey of continuing and enhancing this project!
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Features:
- Text and Item Holograms:
- Create holograms displaying text or floating items, with support for NBT tags.
- Image-Based Holograms:
- Generate holograms from your images, adding a visually stunning touch to your server.
- Placeholder Support:
- Seamlessly integrate internal placeholders and PlaceholderAPI for dynamic hologram content.
- Color Customization:
- Customize hologram colors using hexadecimal codes, standard color codes, and formatting options.
- Animation Options:
- Enhance holograms with customizable animations, bringing them to life on your server.
- Developer API:
- Access the API for developers to extend and integrate ProHolographicDisplays into custom plugins.
- Text Orientation:
- Text inside holograms always faces the player, ensuring visibility from any angle.
- Visibility:
- Holograms are always visible through walls, maintaining consistent display across your server.
- Text Size Limitations:
- While text size cannot be changed, you can utilize bold and uppercase formatting to create larger appearances.
- Item Behavior:
- Floating items inside holograms will rotate and bounce up and down, adding dynamic movement to your displays.
- Filoghost: Original author of HolographicDisplays, laying the foundation for this remarkable plugin.
- Asdjke: Originator of the idea in vanilla Minecraft, inspiring the creation of HolographicDisplays.
- bobacadodl: Simplifying image support with their library, contributing to the versatility of ProHolographicDisplays.
- samczsun: Providing the Server Pinger library, assisting in the functionality of ProHolographicDisplays.
Highlights
From source dataGame versions
Supports 15 Minecraft versions, the newest being 1.21.
Loaders
Runs on Spigot and Paper.
Footprint
Rated a light load on a server.
Illusion - Custom Hologram Creator by MageMonkey.studio (formerly HolographicDisplays)) on Nxeon
From our catalogue- One-click install
- Supported on Nxeon Minecraft servers, for Paper servers. We download it from SpigotMC, place it, and restart the server.
- Server side
- Required on the server
- Server type needed
- Spigot, Paper
- Server load
- light
- Smallest plan we suggest
- Minecraft — 2 GB (2 GB RAM). This follows our own load rating above, not a benchmark.
- Latest build
- 3.0.14, released 2025-12-13
Game versions by loader
| Loader | Game versions | Newest |
|---|---|---|
| Paper | 1.8 to 1.21 (15 versions) | 1.21 |
| Spigot | 1.8 to 1.21 (15 versions) | 1.21 |
From 10 recorded builds of Illusion - Custom Hologram Creator by MageMonkey.studio (formerly HolographicDisplays)).
Recent builds
| Build | Released | Game versions | Loaders |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.0.14 | 2025-12-13 | 1.8 to 1.21 (15 versions) | Spigot, Paper |
| 3.0.13 | 2025-08-10 | n/a | Spigot, Paper |
| 3.0.12 | 2025-07-08 | n/a | Spigot, Paper |
| 3.0.8 | 2024-11-09 | n/a | Spigot, Paper |
| 3.0.7 | 2024-10-19 | n/a | Spigot, Paper |
| 3.0.5 | 2024-05-13 | n/a | Spigot, Paper |
Pick a server or deploy a new one above; it is installed in one click.
What kind of mod it is
From the catalogAdmin & protection
Permissions, moderation, anti-cheat and land protection for the people running the server.
Runs on your server
From source side supportSpigotMC lists Illusion - Custom Hologram Creator by MageMonkey.studio (formerly HolographicDisplays)) as required on the server. Check its SpigotMC page to see whether players need it too.
Compatibility
- Game
- Minecraft
- Loaders
- SpigotPaper
- Runs on
- Serverrequired on the server
- Game versions
- 1.21 and 14 earlier
- Requires
- One-click install needs a Paper server.
Verified at the source
- ✓SpigotMCOfficial listing, checked 2026-10-02Open ↗
- ✓Authorgoflish, as published on SpigotMC
- ✓LicenseNot published by the sourceFree










