Understand MiniMessage placeholder syntax

What are MiniMessage placeholders?

Mini Placeholders Mod uses MiniMessage format, which combines placeholder replacement with text formatting. Placeholders are typically enclosed in angle brackets or curly braces, depending on the specific placeholder provider registered on your server.

Common placeholder patterns

• Player data: Placeholders often reference player information like name, UUID, or custom attributes
• Server data: Some placeholders provide server-wide information
• Formatting tags: MiniMessage allows you to combine placeholders with color and style tags like <red>, <bold>, etc.

How to find available placeholders

1. Check your server's plugin documentation — each plugin that registers placeholders documents its own syntax

2. Use /miniplaceholders help to see if your server provides a list of available placeholders

3. Test placeholders using the parse commands to see if they resolve correctly

Tips

• Placeholder syntax varies by plugin — there's no universal format
• If a placeholder doesn't work, verify the exact spelling and format from your plugin's docs
• Combine multiple placeholders in one message by including them all within your quoted string