How to Get a Custom Tab

Customize your TAB list, nametags, scoreboard, header/footer, and BossBar from one plugin.

Customize your TAB list, nametags, scoreboard, header/footer, and BossBar from one plugin.

The default Minecraft TAB list shows players in random order, no formatting, no header or footer, and no rank prefixes. TAB by NEZNAMY takes over all of that: the TAB list, nametags, header/footer text, scoreboard sidebar, and BossBar, in one plugin instead of four separate ones conflicting over packets.

Requirements

• A Paper or Spigot server, or a BungeeCord/Velocity proxy
• LuckPerms (needed for automatic rank-based prefixes)
• PlaceholderAPI (optional, enables placeholders from other plugins)

Installation

1. Download TAB from Modrinth or HangarMC.
2. Stop your server from the MCServerHost dashboard.
3. Upload the download file to plugins/ via the File Manager.
4. Start your server. TAB generates its config files on first run.

Inside plugins/TAB/ you'll find:

plugins/TAB/
├── config.yml
├── groups.yml
└── users.yml

What Each File Does

config.yml - TAB list, nametags, header/footer, scoreboard, BossBar, sorting (each has enabled toggle)
groups.yml - tabprefix/tabsuffix -> TAB list | tagprefix/tagsuffix -> above heads | maps to LuckPerms groups
users.yml - per-player overrides of groups.yml, target by username or UUID

Run /tab reload after editing any file.

Commands & Permissions

For the full feature reference (animations, conditional placeholders, sorting, per-world settings, proxy setup) visit the TAB wiki.

Important Considerations

• Conflicts. TAB uses scoreboard teams for nametag sorting. Plugins that also manage teams (glow, disguise, some anticheat) will conflict. The wiki has compatibility guides.
• Proxy setups. Install TAB on the proxy. Use %vault_prefix% via PlaceholderAPI for cross-server LuckPerms prefixes instead of %luckperms-prefix%, which only works on the same server instance.
• Nicknames. Put the nickname placeholder in customtabname, not tabprefix. Using tabprefix shows the name twice.

Conclusion

TAB is something you configure once and forget about. Most setups only need groups.yml edits to get prefixes and sorting working.

If you run into any issues on MCServerHost, join our Discord server or reach us at support@mcserverhost.com.

All community guides