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
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Posted Jan 19, 2021I'm using Bukkit version 1.16.4 and it doesn't work.
Just tells me this: "An internal error occured while attemting to perform this command"
Please help
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Posted Jan 7, 2021No trouble with
- Spigot 1.16.4 (Jenkins 2979) or Paper 1.16.4-393
- ProtocolLib 4.6.0-b492
- HolographicDisplays 2.4.6-b163
which has been available for more than 24 hours. See this post.
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Posted Jan 6, 2021Can you update the plugin? It's causing problems with ProtocolLib
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Posted Jan 7, 2021In reply to strahil211:
facts please update this plugin
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Posted Dec 23, 2020it works but when I put papi text it doesn't work :/
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Posted Dec 18, 2020👏
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Posted Dec 8, 2020This plugin is really great! I love to use it because it is very easy to use. The creator did a really good job.
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Posted Dec 5, 2020Can you make holograms show inside a barrier block?
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Posted Dec 3, 2020hello !, is it possible to place floating items with model data? of a texturepack?
If possible, help me with the syntax or an example ...
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Posted Nov 24, 2020When I try to make a hologram, I get this error
org.bukkit.command.CommandException: Cannot execute command 'hd' in plugin HolographicDisplays v2.4.5 - plugin is disabled.org.bukkit.command.CommandException: Cannot execute command 'hd' in plugin HolographicDisplays v2.4.5 - plugin is disabled. at org.bukkit.command.PluginCommand.execute(PluginCommand.java:37) ~[craftbukkit.jar:git-Bukkit-3eb7236] at org.bukkit.command.SimpleCommandMap.dispatch(SimpleCommandMap.java:148) ~[craftbukkit.jar:git-Bukkit-3eb7236] at org.bukkit.craftbukkit.v1_16_R3.CraftServer.dispatchCommand(CraftServer.java:737) ~[craftbukkit.jar:git-Bukkit-3eb7236] at net.minecraft.server.v1_16_R3.PlayerConnection.handleCommand(PlayerConnection.java:1738) ~[craftbukkit.jar:git-Bukkit-3eb7236] at net.minecraft.server.v1_16_R3.PlayerConnection.c(PlayerConnection.java:1595) ~[craftbukkit.jar:git-Bukkit-3eb7236] at net.minecraft.server.v1_16_R3.PlayerConnection.a(PlayerConnection.java:1548) ~[craftbukkit.jar:git-Bukkit-3eb7236] at net.minecraft.server.v1_16_R3.PacketPlayInChat.a(SourceFile:36) ~[craftbukkit.jar:git-Bukkit-3eb7236] at net.minecraft.server.v1_16_R3.PacketPlayInChat.a(SourceFile:9) ~[craftbukkit.jar:git-Bukkit-3eb7236] at net.minecraft.server.v1_16_R3.PlayerConnectionUtils.lambda$0(PlayerConnectionUtils.java:19) ~[craftbukkit.jar:git-Bukkit-3eb7236] at net.minecraft.server.v1_16_R3.TickTask.run(SourceFile:18) ~[craftbukkit.jar:git-Bukkit-3eb7236] at net.minecraft.server.v1_16_R3.IAsyncTaskHandler.executeTask(SourceFile:144) ~[craftbukkit.jar:git-Bukkit-3eb7236] at net.minecraft.server.v1_16_R3.IAsyncTaskHandlerReentrant.executeTask(SourceFile:23) ~[craftbukkit.jar:git-Bukkit-3eb7236] at net.minecraft.server.v1_16_R3.IAsyncTaskHandler.executeNext(SourceFile:118) ~[craftbukkit.jar:git-Bukkit-3eb7236] at net.minecraft.server.v1_16_R3.MinecraftServer.bb(MinecraftServer.java:899) ~[craftbukkit.jar:git-Bukkit-3eb7236] at net.minecraft.server.v1_16_R3.MinecraftServer.executeNext(MinecraftServer.java:892) ~[craftbukkit.jar:git-Bukkit-3eb7236] at net.minecraft.server.v1_16_R3.IAsyncTaskHandler.awaitTasks(SourceFile:127) ~[craftbukkit.jar:git-Bukkit-3eb7236] at net.minecraft.server.v1_16_R3.MinecraftServer.sleepForTick(MinecraftServer.java:876) ~[craftbukkit.jar:git-Bukkit-3eb7236] at net.minecraft.server.v1_16_R3.MinecraftServer.w(MinecraftServer.java:815) ~[craftbukkit.jar:git-Bukkit-3eb7236] at net.minecraft.server.v1_16_R3.MinecraftServer.lambda$0(MinecraftServer.java:155) ~[craftbukkit.jar:git-Bukkit-3eb7236] at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source) [?:1.8.0_271]
I have installed the latest dev version of ProtocolLib and HD.
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Posted Nov 12, 2020Yo is it possible to Change the distance in which it is displayed?
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Posted Nov 12, 2020In reply to Karauschel:
Have a look at pHD.
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Posted Nov 6, 2020Your plugin is the best, i believe you already know it :p
Would it be possible to get gradient effect for HEX code like <&#RRGGBB>Text<&#RRGGBB> ? (it's used in TAB)
Doing it by ourself is impossible because we don't have enough characters in the chat lol.
Thanks!
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Posted Nov 3, 2020Please update to 1.16.4 ASAP!!!!
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Posted Nov 2, 2020The best display plugin for sure, thank you developers!
Will there be an update to 1.16.4 soon?
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Posted Oct 28, 2020Amazing!
I love this plugin!
I'm giving a review here, not critical. I hope you keep this plugin around in the years to come. I love how user friendly it is to configure. I sometimes have a difficult time figuring things out, and never seek help. This has been extremely easy for even me and the results are great! 10/10 I recommend!
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Posted Oct 7, 2020Hey Bro, what an amazing plugin, I have been using this for years, and it is great to see that it hasn't died like many great plugins. I only wish I could code, then I would be able to work out my own problems.
I have upgraded to the latest HD and for some reason the color codes don't work anymore, all text is bloody white, can you help an avid user out champ?
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Posted Sep 22, 2020was wondering if you can apply your shops to the holographic items like running the command on the hd plugin instead like clicking on the item to buy the item? or do you still have to use the command signs?? how would you input the command ? on the sign it would be
[iBuy]
Diamond
x64
$100
? like could that be done with thhis plugin ?
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Posted Sep 18, 2020Hi, tell me what these configuration lines are for?
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Posted Sep 12, 2020There is an error with the Unicode character "❙" which I have seen working in other hologram plugins. It creates a space on the end of the hologram for some reason. I need this specific character, so if anyone knows how to fix this it would be appreciated. (Paper-MC 1.16.2)