🔧 Installation and upgrading

WARNING

ChatFormatter requires PlaceholderAPI and Vault to work properly!

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For Minecraft Servers running on Paper, We recommend installing ChatFormatter-paper extension. You should install it along regular ChatFormatter plugin to make it work properly.

🛠️ Installation

Step 1: Download ⬇️ the plugin and place the jar in the plugins folder 📂

After downloading the ChatFormatter JAR file, place it in the "plugins" folder on your Minecraft server. Make sure the file is located in the same directory as other plugins that are already installed.

Step 2: Restart the Minecraft server 🔄

After placing the JAR file in the plugin folder, restart the Minecraft server. The ChatFormatter plugin should be automatically loaded by the server. If the plugin doesn't load correctly, inform us about it in the Issues tab or on our discord 😎

⚡ Upgrading

📝 Note: Before starting the upgrade, make sure you back up your ChatFormatter plugin configuration to avoid potential configuration conflicts.

Step 1: Download the latest version of the plugin ⬇️

Download the latest version of ChatFormatter from the project website.

Step 2: Replace the old version with the JAR file of the latest version. 💾

After downloading the JAR file of the latest version of ChatFormatter, place it in the plugins folder on your Minecraft server.

Step 3: Restart your Minecraft server 🔄

After placing the JAR file in the plugins' folder, restart your Minecraft server. The new version of the ChatFormatter plugin should be automatically loaded by the server.

Step 4: Check if the update was successful ✅

Verify that the ChatFormatter plugin works properly and that all functionality is available after the update.

📝 Note: If you experienced problems after updating the plugin, use a configuration backup to restore the previous settings and avoid data loss.

By following the steps above, you will update the ChatFormatter plugin on your Minecraft server.

👍 We wish you good luck with the plugin update!

💥 Warning!

When managing a Minecraft server, it's important to remember about safety. Therefore, we recommend not using the /reload command or plugins reloading in real-time such as PlugMan, as they may cause problems with plugins and lead to unexpected errors.

Please note that the use of these features is at your own risk, and we are not responsible for any damages caused to the server as a result of their use.

Thank you for using our documentation. We wish you success in deploying the ChatFormatter plugin on your Minecraft server! 😊