About PlaceholderAPI
From ModrinthPlaceholder expansion framework used everywhere.
PlaceholderAPI is a plugin for Spigot servers that allows server owners to display information from various plugins with a uniform format.
Support for specific plugins are provided either by the plugin itself or through expansions. The expansions may be downloaded in-game through the PAPI Expansion Cloud. There are currently over 230+ expansions that support a wide variety of plugins, such as Essentials, Factions, LuckPerms, and Vault. If you're a developer and you want to add support for PlaceholderAPI in your plugin please head to our API Usage page for more information.
PlaceholderAPI has been downloaded over 2,000,000 times and is currently used concurrently on over 50,000 servers, which makes it a must-have for a server of any type or scale.
The config.yml contains the core plugin customization settings as well as a section specifically for expansions that wish to add configurable options too.
Any settings an expansion may allow you to change will be added to the config.yml when that specific expansion is loaded.
# PlaceholderAPI
# Version: 2.11.4
# Created by: extended_clip
# Contributors: https://github.com/PlaceholderAPI/PlaceholderAPI/graphs/contributors
# Issues: https://github.com/PlaceholderAPI/PlaceholderAPI/issues
# Expansions: https://ecloud.placeholderapi.com/expansions/all/
# Wiki: https://github.com/PlaceholderAPI/PlaceholderAPI/wiki
# Discord: https://helpch.at/discord
# No placeholders are provided with this plugin by default.
# Download placeholders: /papi ecloud
check_updates: true
cloud_enabled: true
cloud_sorting: "name"
cloud_allow_unverified_expansions: false
boolean:
'true': 'yes'
'false': 'no'
date_format: MM/dd/yy HH:mm:ss
debug: false
Highlights
From source dataGame versions
Supports 74 Minecraft versions, the newest being 26.2.
Loaders
Runs on Bukkit, Folia, Paper and Spigot.
Footprint
A 1 MB download, rated a light load on a server.
PlaceholderAPI on Nxeon
From our catalogue- One-click install
- Supported on Nxeon Minecraft servers, for Paper servers. We download it from Modrinth, place it, and restart the server.
- Server side
- Required on the server
- Server type needed
- Bukkit, Folia, Paper, Spigot
- Server load
- light
- Smallest plan we suggest
- Minecraft — 2 GB (2 GB RAM). This follows our own load rating above, not a benchmark.
Run PlaceholderAPI on a Minecraft server
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 supportModrinth lists PlaceholderAPI as required on the server. Check its Modrinth page to see whether players need it too.
Compatibility
- Game
- Minecraft
- Loaders
- BukkitFoliaPaperSpigot
- Runs on
- Serverrequired on the server
- Game versions
- 26.2 and 73 earlier
- Requires
- One-click install needs a Paper server.
- File size
- 1 MB
Verified at the source
- ✓ModrinthOfficial listing, checked 2026-09-19Open ↗
- ✓LicenseGPL-3.0-onlyFree















