How to Add Holograms to Your Minecraft Server

Learn how to add custom floating holograms to your Minecraft server to display server info, rules, leaderboards, or welcome messages.

Learn how to add custom floating holograms to your Minecraft server to display server info, rules, leaderboards, or welcome messages.

Holograms are a great way to display important information, server rules, or welcome messages floating in mid air for your players. This guide will show you how to install and use a hologram plugin on your MCServerHost server.

Install a Hologram Plugin

To use holograms, your server software needs to support plugins (such as Paper, Spigot, or Purpur).

  1. Download a popular hologram plugin compatible with your server version, such as DecentHolograms or FancyHolograms. DecentHolograms
  2. Log into your MCServerHost dashboard and open the File Manager.
  3. Navigate to the plugins folder.
  4. Click Upload on the top right or drag and drop your downloaded plugin .jar file into the folder.
  5. On the top left click "Restart" or "Start" server to load the plugin. Restart

Create Your First Hologram

Once the plugin is installed and your server has booted back up, join your server with operator (OP) permissions.

  1. Stand in the exact spot where you want the hologram to float.
  2. Run the creation command in your in-play chat or console, using DecentHolograms as an example:
dh create welcome &eWelcome to the Server!
  1. The hologram will instantly appear floating right above or in front of your current location.

Customize and Manage Holograms

You can easily edit, move, or delete your holograms using simple in-game commands:

  1. Add a line: dh line add welcome &7Enjoy your stay!
  2. Move the hologram to your current location: dh move welcome
  3. Delete a hologram: dh delete welcome
  4. List all active holograms: dh list

You've reached the end of this tutorial! By now, your custom holograms should be set up and looking great around your server. Now go make your server unnecessarily fancy. You earned it. (:

Similarly, if you are having any type of issue or problem with your server at MCServerHost you can always get in touch with us by joining our Discord server or writing us at support@MCServerHost.com.

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