# \ud83e\udd2b PrivateStatus<\/p>\n
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With PrivateStatus you can hide the online status of your server from unwanted players. This is especially worthwhile for private servers with a whitelist to prevent this. This plugin only works on Paper 1.20+ and is not compatible with Spigot. This is because this plugin relies on the so called `ServerListPingEvent` which can only be cancelled when using Paper.<\/p>\n
## Configuration<\/p>\n
The configuration is in `plugins\/PrivateStatus\/config.yml` and looks like this. Please only edit the `expiration-minutes` option. The `known-addresses` section is managed by the plugin itself. The option `expiration-minutes` defines how long an address should be kept in the history. The plugin automatically checks every 10 minutes if entries expired. If so, it removes them.<\/p>\n
“`yaml
\n# The amount of minutes after which addresses will expire. Minimum: 10.
\nexpiration-minutes: 1440<\/p>\n
# A list of already known addresses.
\nknown-addresses: {}
\n“`<\/p>\n
## Video Example (YouTube)<\/p>\n
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## More<\/p>\n
– [View on GitHub][github-link]
\n– [View on Modrinth][modrinth-link]
\n– [View on Hangar][hangar-link]
\n– [View on bStats][bstats-link]<\/p>\n
[github-link]: https:\/\/github.com\/tinyoverflow\/minecraft-privatestatus
\n[modrinth-link]: https:\/\/modrinth.com\/plugin\/privatestatus
\n[hangar-link]: https:\/\/hangar.papermc.io\/tinyoverflow\/PrivateStatus
\n[bstats-link]: https:\/\/bstats.org\/plugin\/bukkit\/PrivateStatus\/19291<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A Minecraft Paper plugin that hides your server status from unknown players.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":125175,"template":"","meta":{"_minecraft_slug":"privatestatus","_minecraft_project_id":"15lfFvuG","_minecraft_author":"tinyoverflow","_minecraft_license":"GPL-3.0-only","_minecraft_downloads":482,"_minecraft_follows":4,"_minecraft_client_side":"unsupported","_minecraft_server_side":"required","_minecraft_storage_type":"zip","_minecraft_archive_name":"privatestatus.zip","_minecraft_size_bytes":177721,"_minecraft_version_count":6,"_minecraft_updated_at":"2026-05-16T10:37:16.282291Z","_minecraft_date_created":"2023-07-29T18:09:34.016681Z","_minecraft_date_modified":"2023-08-10T22:36:24.732480Z","_minecraft_project_url":"https:\/\/modrinth.com\/mod\/privatestatus","_minecraft_icon_attachment_id":125175,"_minecraft_imported_at":"2026-06-07T08:30:09+00:00","_minecraft_import_hash":"15953dc5b18f6203129e0470b8470aad","_minecraft_versions":"","_minecraft_links":"","_minecraft_gallery":"","_minecraft_api_metadata":""},"mod_category":[89,126,127,92],"mod_loader":[132],"minecraft_version":[59,36],"class_list":["post-125174","mod","type-mod","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","mod_category-game-mechanics","mod_category-management","mod_category-paper","mod_category-utility","mod_loader-paper","minecraft_version-1-20","minecraft_version-1-20-1"],"yoast_head":"\n