# MinimumPlayers Minecraft Plugin<\/p>\n
A simple Minecraft plugin that restricts player movement until a specified number of players are online.<\/p>\n
## Features<\/p>\n
– Configurable minimum number of players required to allow movement.
\n– Notifies all players about the current online count and whether the server is locked or unlocked upon a player joining or leaving.<\/p>\n
## Setup<\/p>\n
1. Place `minimumplayers-0.x.x.jar` in your server’s `plugins` folder.
\n2. Start your server. This will generate a default `config.yml` for the plugin.
\n3. If desired, modify `config.yml` to change things like the minimum player count.<\/p>\n
## Configuration<\/p>\n
`config.yml` parameters:<\/p>\n
– `minimumNumberOfPlayers`: The minimum number of players required for movement to be unlocked. Default value is 3.
\n– `allowGracePeriod`: Whether to allow a grace period (i.e. allow players to move for X minutes after the playercount dropped below minimum).
\n– `gracePeriodMinutes`: The number of minutes to allow movement after the playercount dropped below minimum. Default value is 5 minutes.
\n– `sendMessageWhenFrozen`: Whether to send a message when a player tries to move while the server is frozen.
\n– `frozenMessageIntervalSeconds`: The number of seconds to wait before sending another message to a player who is trying to move while the server is frozen. Default value is 5 seconds. Increase the number if you don’t want to spam players.<\/p>\n
## Contributing<\/p>\n
Contributions, issues, and feature requests are welcome!<\/p>\n
## License<\/p>\n
This project is distributed under the MIT license.<\/p>\n
## Change Log
\n– V1.0.0: Plugin released.
\n– V1.1.0: Added grace period feature, and made everything configurable.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Freeze players until there are a minimum number of players online.
\nTested on 1.20.1 but will probably work on any older version of MC as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":102829,"template":"","meta":{"_minecraft_slug":"minimumplayers","_minecraft_project_id":"7TJwfkur","_minecraft_author":"icheered","_minecraft_license":"MIT","_minecraft_downloads":183,"_minecraft_follows":4,"_minecraft_client_side":"unsupported","_minecraft_server_side":"required","_minecraft_storage_type":"zip","_minecraft_archive_name":"minimumplayers.zip","_minecraft_size_bytes":9547,"_minecraft_version_count":1,"_minecraft_updated_at":"2026-05-16T12:56:21.494020Z","_minecraft_date_created":"2023-08-15T05:54:40.590909Z","_minecraft_date_modified":"2023-08-11T09:23:39.338544Z","_minecraft_project_url":"https:\/\/modrinth.com\/mod\/minimumplayers","_minecraft_icon_attachment_id":102829,"_minecraft_imported_at":"2026-06-05T21:51:46+00:00","_minecraft_import_hash":"89a56b79e3e3ba3cb3247c895eb4bf84","_minecraft_versions":"","_minecraft_links":"","_minecraft_gallery":"","_minecraft_api_metadata":""},"mod_category":[124,126,127,867,129,92],"mod_loader":[130,132,134],"minecraft_version":[36],"class_list":["post-102828","mod","type-mod","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","mod_category-bukkit","mod_category-management","mod_category-paper","mod_category-social","mod_category-spigot","mod_category-utility","mod_loader-bukkit","mod_loader-paper","mod_loader-spigot","minecraft_version-1-20-1"],"yoast_head":"\n