Holographic Displays
Plugin development end
This plugin was no longer being actively developed: it has been in maintanance-only mode to support the latest Minecraft version and to fix major bugs since April 2023.
The plugin will stop being maintained on 29/02/2024. It is advised to switch ASAP to any other similar plugin that is being actively developed, such as Decent Holograms.
Features
- Create futuristic holograms to display text and items to players!
- Compatible with Spigot 1.8 to 1.20.
- Fast and easy to use.
- Cool animated {rainbow} color.
- Multiple placeholders with support for PlaceholderAPI.
- Command to render images as text holograms.
- Customizable animations.
- Simple API for developers.
Preview

Development builds
Development builds of this project can be acquired at the provided continuous integration server.
These builds have not been approved by the BukkitDev staff and may contain major bugs. Use them at your own risk.
https://ci.codemc.io/job/filoghost/job/HolographicDisplays
Plugins using Holographic Displays
| Touchscreen Holograms | Holographic Extension | Holographic Placeholders |
| HoloInfo | CombatIndicator | SpeechBubbles Reloaded |
| Holographic Scoreboard | HoloPlots | ASkyBlock Holostats |
| pHD |
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Minecraft limitations
- Text inside holograms is always facing the player.
- Holograms are always visible through walls.
- Text size cannot be changed. You can make it bold and uppercase to make it look bigger.
- Floating items inside holograms will constantly rotate and bob up and down.
Credits
- Asdjke for the original idea in vanilla.
- bobacadodl for making image support easier with this library.
- samczsun for the Server Pinger library.
Converting from other plugins
If you're using the plugin Holograms you can use this converter to import the database (credits to saxon12).
Comments section
Comments are enabled just for interacting with other users, you will not receive any official answers. To report bugs please check the FAQ and then, if the problem isn't solved, open a new issue on the issue tracker (on GitHub).






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Posted Jan 24, 2023Please update to 1.19.3 PAPER!!!
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Posted Dec 26, 2022Please update to 1.19.3 !!
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Posted Dec 26, 2022In reply to brunogamer2121:
https://ci.codemc.org/job/filoghost/job/HolographicDisplays/ since 2 weeks ago.
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Posted Nov 22, 2022I notice that HD 3.0.0 was released on Bukkit. Does that mean the API is stable?
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Posted Jul 28, 2022Hey, I installed the version that on the right said it was for 1.18.2. but when I started my server. I saw this in the console.
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[17:44:34] [Server thread/INFO]: Holographic Displays does not support this server version.
[17:44:34] [Server thread/INFO]: Supported Spigot versions: from 1.8.3 to 1.16.4.
[17:44:34] [Server thread/INFO]:
[17:44:34] [Server thread/INFO]: This plugin has been disabled.
[17:44:34] [Server thread/INFO]: ****************************************************************************
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Posted Aug 15, 2022In reply to VaporRi0t:
You need to download the Dev build from the link provided.... the latest build works with 1.19.2 just fine. Hope this helps, if you already haven't done what I'm suggesting. :D
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Posted Jul 15, 2022The latest dev build does not work in Paper 1.19 #61, placeholders do not work.
Tested
Build #226 (Sun Jul 10 10:11:07 UTC 2022)
with Pyrofishingpro Placeholders and do not load correctly in a hologram.
When i parse the placeholders in my console they are working correctly.
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Posted Sep 11, 2022In reply to sir_craftypants:
If it is not working for you follow this:
Development builds
Development builds of this project can be acquired at the provided continuous integration server.
These builds have not been approved by the BukkitDev staff and may contain major bugs. Use them at your own risk.
https://ci.codemc.io/job/filoghost/job/HolographicDisplays
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THANKS ME LATER! :)
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Posted Oct 2, 2022In reply to itzvery:
he said that he was using a dev build, you should prob read what he said
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Posted Jul 13, 20221.19 doesn't work with these versions, when does 1.19 version come out?
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Posted Jul 3, 2022greetings could you help me with this error I changed to 1.19
[00:55:45 ERROR]: Could not load 'plugins/holographicdisplays-api-3.0.0-20220619.091120-48 (1).jar' in folder 'plugins'
org.bukkit.plugin.InvalidDescriptionException: Invalid plugin.yml
at org.bukkit.plugin.java.JavaPluginLoader.getPluginDescription(JavaPluginLoader.java:178) ~[paper-api-1.19-R0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar:?]
at org.bukkit.plugin.SimplePluginManager.loadPlugins(SimplePluginManager.java:154) ~[paper-api-1.19-R0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar:?]
at org.bukkit.craftbukkit.v1_19_R1.CraftServer.loadPlugins(CraftServer.java:419) ~[paper-1.19.jar:git-Paper-45]
at net.minecraft.server.dedicated.DedicatedServer.initServer(DedicatedServer.java:278) ~[paper-1.19.jar:git-Paper-45]
at net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer.runServer(MinecraftServer.java:1121) ~[paper-1.19.jar:git-Paper-45]
at net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer.lambda$spin$0(MinecraftServer.java:302) ~[paper-1.19.jar:git-Paper-45]
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:833) ~[?:?]
Caused by: java.io.FileNotFoundException: Jar does not contain plugin.yml
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Posted Jun 21, 2022Hi, the update for 1.19 is urgently needed, please, thank you.
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Posted Jun 21, 2022In reply to Peppe73:
https://ci.codemc.io/job/filoghost/job/HolographicDisplays/
It would be nice to have a final release of 3.0.0, though.
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Posted Jun 22, 2022In reply to SpigotSlimeDog:
Great, thanks for the link I downloaded and tried it, everything works thanks
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Posted Jun 19, 2022Hi, when an update for 1.19? all the holograms are gone
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Posted Jun 12, 2022I compiled Jazzkuh's 1.19 pull request. Pinned in #drplugins of the Birdflop Discord if anyone wants it.
EDIT: Download from here for a more updated version https://ci.codemc.io/job/filoghost/job/HolographicDisplays/
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Posted Jul 1, 2022In reply to drbot77:
thanks
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Posted Jun 2, 2022hi, I got an error when I execute command holograms
log:
[23:28:21 ERROR]: null
org.bukkit.command.CommandException: Cannot execute command 'holograms' in plugin HolographicDisplays v2.4.9 - plugin is disabled.
at org.bukkit.command.PluginCommand.execute(PluginCommand.java:37) ~[paper-api-1.18.2-R0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar:?]
at org.bukkit.command.SimpleCommandMap.dispatch(SimpleCommandMap.java:159) ~[paper-api-1.18.2-R0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar:?]
at org.bukkit.craftbukkit.v1_18_R2.CraftServer.dispatchCommand(CraftServer.java:906) ~[paper-1.18.2.jar:git-Paper-366]
at net.minecraft.server.network.ServerGamePacketListenerImpl.handleCommand(ServerGamePacketListenerImpl.java:2307) ~[?:?]
at net.minecraft.server.network.ServerGamePacketListenerImpl.handleChat(ServerGamePacketListenerImpl.java:2118) ~[?:?]
at net.minecraft.server.network.ServerGamePacketListenerImpl.handleChat(ServerGamePacketListenerImpl.java:2099) ~[?:?]
at net.minecraft.network.protocol.game.ServerboundChatPacket.handle(ServerboundChatPacket.java:46) ~[?:?]
at net.minecraft.network.protocol.game.ServerboundChatPacket.a(ServerboundChatPacket.java:6) ~[?:?]
at net.minecraft.network.protocol.PacketUtils.lambda$ensureRunningOnSameThread$1(PacketUtils.java:51) ~[?:?]
at net.minecraft.server.TickTask.run(TickTask.java:18) ~[paper-1.18.2.jar:git-Paper-366]
at net.minecraft.util.thread.BlockableEventLoop.doRunTask(BlockableEventLoop.java:153) ~[?:?]
at net.minecraft.util.thread.ReentrantBlockableEventLoop.doRunTask(ReentrantBlockableEventLoop.java:24) ~[?:?]
at net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer.doRunTask(MinecraftServer.java:1399) ~[paper-1.18.2.jar:git-Paper-366]
at net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer.d(MinecraftServer.java:188) ~[paper-1.18.2.jar:git-Paper-366]
at net.minecraft.util.thread.BlockableEventLoop.pollTask(BlockableEventLoop.java:126) ~[?:?]
at net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer.pollTaskInternal(MinecraftServer.java:1376) ~[paper-1.18.2.jar:git-Paper-366]
at net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer.pollTask(MinecraftServer.java:1369) ~[paper-1.18.2.jar:git-Paper-366]
at net.minecraft.util.thread.BlockableEventLoop.managedBlock(BlockableEventLoop.java:136) ~[?:?]
at net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer.waitUntilNextTick(MinecraftServer.java:1347) ~[paper-1.18.2.jar:git-Paper-366]
at net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer.runServer(MinecraftServer.java:1229) ~[paper-1.18.2.jar:git-Paper-366]
at net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer.lambda$spin$0(MinecraftServer.java:315) ~[paper-1.18.2.jar:git-Paper-366]
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:833) ~[?:?]
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Posted Mar 9, 2022a mi me sale este error y no me deja utilizar ningun comando ni nada.
[19:04:52 ERROR]: null
org.bukkit.command.CommandException: Cannot execute command 'holograms' in plugin HolographicDisplays v2.4.9 - plugin is disabled.
at org.bukkit.command.PluginCommand.execute(PluginCommand.java:37) ~[paper-api-1.18.1-R0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar:?]
at org.bukkit.command.SimpleCommandMap.dispatch(SimpleCommandMap.java:159) ~[paper-api-1.18.1-R0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar:?]
at org.bukkit.craftbukkit.v1_18_R1.CraftServer.dispatchCommand(CraftServer.java:876) ~[paper-1.18.1.jar:git-Paper-68]
at net.minecraft.server.network.ServerGamePacketListenerImpl.handleCommand(ServerGamePacketListenerImpl.java:2268) ~[?:?]
at net.minecraft.server.network.ServerGamePacketListenerImpl.handleChat(ServerGamePacketListenerImpl.java:2079) ~[?:?]
at net.minecraft.server.network.ServerGamePacketListenerImpl.handleChat(ServerGamePacketListenerImpl.java:2060) ~[?:?]
at net.minecraft.network.protocol.game.ServerboundChatPacket.handle(ServerboundChatPacket.java:46) ~[?:?]
at net.minecraft.network.protocol.game.ServerboundChatPacket.a(ServerboundChatPacket.java:6) ~[?:?]
at net.minecraft.network.protocol.PacketUtils.lambda$ensureRunningOnSameThread$1(PacketUtils.java:56) ~[?:?]
at net.minecraft.server.TickTask.run(TickTask.java:18) ~[paper-1.18.1.jar:git-Paper-68]
at net.minecraft.util.thread.BlockableEventLoop.doRunTask(BlockableEventLoop.java:149) ~[?:?]
at net.minecraft.util.thread.ReentrantBlockableEventLoop.doRunTask(ReentrantBlockableEventLoop.java:23) ~[?:?]
at net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer.doRunTask(MinecraftServer.java:1413) ~[paper-1.18.1.jar:git-Paper-68]
at net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer.c(MinecraftServer.java:189) ~[paper-1.18.1.jar:git-Paper-68]
at net.minecraft.util.thread.BlockableEventLoop.pollTask(BlockableEventLoop.java:122) ~[?:?]
at net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer.pollTaskInternal(MinecraftServer.java:1391) ~[paper-1.18.1.jar:git-Paper-68]
at net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer.pollTask(MinecraftServer.java:1384) ~[paper-1.18.1.jar:git-Paper-68]
at net.minecraft.util.thread.BlockableEventLoop.managedBlock(BlockableEventLoop.java:132) ~[?:?]
at net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer.waitUntilNextTick(MinecraftServer.java:1362) ~[paper-1.18.1.jar:git-Paper-68]
at net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer.runServer(MinecraftServer.java:1268) ~[paper-1.18.1.jar:git-Paper-68]
at net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer.lambda$spin$0(MinecraftServer.java:317) ~[paper-1.18.1.jar:git-Paper-68]
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:833) ~[?:?]
[19:05:05 INFO]: Chinitos_12 issued server command: /holographicdisplays:help
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Posted Feb 28, 2022Spigot 1.18.2
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