Announcement Plugin

📢 Announcement

A simple and flexible Minecraft Spigot/Paper plugin that lets you send colorful announcements to all players on the server. Perfect for staff notifications, server messages, or global event announcements.

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⚙️ Features

- 📣 Send text colors to all online players - 🎨 Choose from a wide range of text colors - 💬 Automatically prefixes messages with a styled “Announcement” tag - ⚡ Lightweight, fast, and easy to use - 🧑‍💻 Works from both console and in-game

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📁 Installation

1. Download the plugin `.jar` file 2. Place it inside your server’s `plugins/` folder 3. Start or reload your server — ready to use immediately!

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💡 Usage

Command

/announce <message> <color>

Example

/announce Server restart in 5 minutes! red

Result (visible to all players)

> [Announcement] Server restart in 5 minutes!

*(Displayed in red color)*

If no color is provided, the message defaults to yellow.

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🎨 Available Colors

You can use any of the following color names:

| Color Name | Example | |-------------|----------| | black | `black` | | dark_blue | `dark_blue` | | dark_green | `dark_green` | | dark_aqua | `dark_aqua` | | dark_red | `dark_red` | | dark_purple | `dark_purple` | | gold | `gold` | | gray | `gray` | | dark_gray | `dark_gray` | | blue | `blue` | | green | `green` | | aqua | `aqua` | | red | `red` | | light_purple | `light_purple` | | yellow | `yellow` | | white | `white` |

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🧩 Developer Information

Main classes: - `de.scholle.announcement.Announcement` – main plugin class - `de.scholle.announcement.AnnounceCommand` – handles `/announce` - `de.scholle.announcement.MessageUtils` – formats and sends messages

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🧰 Compatibility

- ✅ Works with Java 17+, Java 17+, and Java 17+ - 🧱 Tested for Java 17+ - ⚙️ Requires Java 17+

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🧑‍💻 Author

Package: Scholle Package: `de.scholle.announcement`

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📜 License

This project is licensed under the Apache License 2.0. You may use, modify, and distribute it in compliance with the terms of that license. For more information, see: Apache License 2.0