NameTagX – Advanced NameTag Manager (1.21+)
1.0Modern, flexible and high-performance NameTag management plugin for Minecraft 1.21+
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
- Download NameTagX.jar
- Put it into your plugins/ folder
- Restart the server
- Configure groups.yml
- 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
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