Keywords

EssentialsX provides a number of standard keywords (placeholders) that can be used to customize text in multiple places across the plugin.

Keyword	Usage
{PLAYER}, {DISPLAYNAME}	The player's display name.
{USERNAME}	The player's username.
{NICKNAME}	The player's EssentialsX nickname. If the player has no nickname, the username is used.
{PREFIX}	The player's prefix, supplied by a permissions plugin via Vault.
{SUFFIX}	The player's suffix, supplied by a permissions plugin via Vault.
{GROUP}	The player's primary group, supplied by a permissions plugin via Vault.
{BALANCE}	The player's balance, formatted as currency.
{MAILS}	The amount of mail the player has.
{PLAYTIME}	The player's playtime, formatted as a duration.
{WORLD}, {WORLDNAME}	The full name of the player's current world.
{WORLDTIME12}	The time of the player's current world in AM/PM format.
{WORLDTIME24}	The time of the player's current world in 24-hour format.
{WORLDDATE}	The date of the player's current world.
{IP}	The player's IP address.
{ADDRESS}	The player's socket address.
{ONLINE}	The amount of players online. Hidden players (e.g. those in vanish) are not counted.
{UNIQUE}	The amount of unique players that have joined the server.
{WORLDS}	The list of worlds on the server.
{PLAYERLIST}	The list of players currently online. Hidden players (e.g. those in vanish) are not listed.
{TIME}	The current time of the machine the server is running on.
{DATE}	The current date of the machine the server is running on.
{TPS}	The server's current TPS.
{UPTIME}	The time elapsed since the server started up, formatted as a duration.
{PLUGINS}	The list of plugins on the server.
{VERSION}	The server's version string.

These keywords can be used with the following EssentialsX features:

Custom text files: book.txt, custom.txt, info.txt, motd.txt, rules.txt
Kits: inside the kits.yml file.
EssentialsX Spawn's newbie announcement: newbies.announce-format in the config.
The /broadcastworld command.