QuickTag

Hide player nametags and learn a player’s name with sneak (Shift) + right click. The target’s real username appears in the actionbar only for the player who clicked.

Features

• Hides nametags above all players.
• Reveals a username in your actionbar with Shift + right click on a player.
• Customizable MiniMessage text with the <nickname> placeholder.
• Reload configuration with /quicktag reload.
• No ProtocolLib or other plugin dependencies.
• Does not change the player list (TAB) or chat names.

Requirements

Paper or Purpur 26.2 running Java 25. This is a server plugin; players do not need client mods. Folia, Spigot, and modded servers are not claimed as supported.

Installation

1. Download QuickTag-1.0.0.jar from the Versions tab.
2. Stop your server and place the JAR in its plugins directory.
3. Start the server. Configuration is generated at plugins/QuickTag/config.yml.
4. Hold Shift and right-click another player to see their username.

The actionbar uses the client’s standard fade, lasting approximately three seconds.

Command and permission

/quicktag reload reloads the configuration and reapplies nametag hiding.

Permission: quicktag.reload (operators by default). The command also works from the console. No permission is required to reveal a name.

Configuration

actionbar: '<yellow>Ник: <white><nickname>'

Messages support MiniMessage formatting. For an English message, use:

actionbar: '<yellow>Name: <white><nickname>'

Run /quicktag reload after editing the file.

Compatibility notes

QuickTag uses scoreboard teams and preserves existing team membership. Main and personal scoreboards are refreshed every 10 ticks, so changes can take up to 0.5 seconds at 20 TPS. Plugins that manage their own nametag packets or constantly change team visibility may conflict. Other plugins can overwrite the actionbar. Original visibility settings are restored on a normal plugin shutdown; restoration after a server crash is not guaranteed.

The Java 25 build and four automated scoreboard tests passed. Testing with two real clients has not been performed.

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