{"id":108661,"date":"2026-06-06T09:56:24","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T06:56:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vpesports.com\/minecraft\/mods\/nametags\/"},"modified":"2026-06-06T09:56:24","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T06:56:24","slug":"nametags","status":"publish","type":"mod","link":"https:\/\/vpesports.com\/minecraft\/mods\/nametags\/","title":{"rendered":"Name Tag"},"content":{"rendered":"<div align=\"center\">\n<br \/>\n  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Logo\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.modrinth.com\/data\/cached_images\/95f4cc10d3c41673b2732125ab7e85c4f2d53a20_0.webp\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\n  <i>A lightweight and highly customizable nickname plugin!<\/i>\n<\/p>\n<p>Supports 1.21.4-26.1.2<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center; gap: 8px; margin-bottom: 0; padding-bottom: 0;\">\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Discord\" src=\"https:\/\/wsrv.nl\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.jsdelivr.net%2Fnpm%2F%40intergrav%2Fdevins-badges%403%2Fassets%2Fcozy%2Fsocial%2Fdiscord-plural_vector.svg&#038;n=-1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Paper\" src=\"https:\/\/wsrv.nl\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.jsdelivr.net%2Fnpm%2F%40intergrav%2Fdevins-badges%403%2Fassets%2Fcozy%2Fsupported%2Fpaper_vector.svg&#038;n=-1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Purpur\" src=\"https:\/\/wsrv.nl\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.jsdelivr.net%2Fnpm%2F%40intergrav%2Fdevins-badges%403%2Fassets%2Fcozy%2Fsupported%2Fpurpur_vector.svg&#038;n=-1\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center; gap: 6px\">\n<p>bStats:<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"bStats\" src=\"https:\/\/img.shields.io\/bstats\/servers\/24781?style=for-the-badge\" \/><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dXpKu_kdrjc?si=sHZ9SaaHc1rHnRUP\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen style=\"text-align: center\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>What is Name Tag?<\/h2>\n<p>\n  Name Tag is a nick plugin for Paper servers. It lets players fully disguise as another identity \u2014 changing their display name, skin, and optionally their UUID \u2014 with persistence across restarts, proxy network support, TAB integration, and automatic rewriting of death, advancement, and join messages.\n<\/p>\n<h2>Features<\/h2>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Feature<\/th>\n<th>Description<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Nick as Player<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Fully disguise as another player&#8217;s name and skin with <code>\/nick &lt;player&gt; as &lt;name&gt;<\/code><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Name-Only Nicking<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Change just the display name with <code>\/nick &lt;player&gt; with_name &lt;name&gt;<\/code><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Skin-Only Changes<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Apply another player&#8217;s skin with <code>\/nick &lt;player&gt; with_skin &lt;name&gt;<\/code><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Mineskin Support<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Apply skins from Mineskin URLs or IDs with <code>\/nick &lt;player&gt; from_url &lt;url&gt;<\/code><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Random Nicking<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Generate a realistic random username via Lodestone&#8217;s cloud service, with legacy fallback<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Persistent Storage<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Local YAML, MongoDB, MySQL, or MariaDB \u2014 nicks survive restarts and re-apply on join<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Proxy-Ready<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Point all backends at a shared database and nick state follows players across BungeeCord, Velocity, or Waterfall<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>TAB Integration<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Automatically updates the TAB plugin&#8217;s tab list when a nick is applied or reset<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Message Rewriting<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Death, advancement, join\/quit messages, and commands all use the nicked name<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>UUID Spoofing<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Optionally spoof the player&#8217;s UUID to match the nicked identity (experimental)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2>Requirements<\/h2>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Requirement<\/th>\n<th>Required<\/th>\n<th>Notes<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Java 21+<\/td>\n<td>Yes<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Paper 1.21+<\/td>\n<td>Yes<\/td>\n<td>Folia supported<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>TAB<\/td>\n<td>No<\/td>\n<td>Recommended; updates tab list on nick changes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>\n  Working on a Scripted SMP? Do you want to nick new players with a random username?<br \/>\n  You should try out <b>Auto Nickname<\/b>!\n<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"API\" width=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.modrinth.com\/data\/cached_images\/22cade4987222cc9758433caa09fac5e16f78834_0.webp\" \/><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Name Tag includes an extensive API that allows developers to integrate Name Tag&#8217;s systems directly into their plugins.<br \/>\n  Read our Documentation for usage details and examples.\n<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wsrv.nl\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.jsdelivr.net%2Fnpm%2F%40intergrav%2Fdevins-badges%403%2Fassets%2Fcozy%2Fdocumentation%2Fghpages_vector.svg&#038;n=-1\"\/><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Donations\" width=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.modrinth.com\/data\/cached_images\/cdb384c9bd255b9ad7368417afc2761217ca2bfc_0.webp\" \/><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Most of Lodestone&#8217;s plugins\u2014including Name Tag\u2014are completely free to use!<br \/>\n  Please consider supporting development through Ko-fi or Paypal. 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