LobbyLink — Official Minecraft Plugin
LobbyLink.net is a free game server listing with live player counts, uptime monitoring, and monthly community voting. This is the official plugin that connects your server to it.
If you're not listed on LobbyLink yet — add your server here. It's free, takes two minutes, and gets your server in front of players actively looking for somewhere to play.
What it does
When someone votes for your server on LobbyLink, this plugin catches that vote the moment it arrives, runs your reward commands, fires effects, and tracks the player's streak — no extra vote listener plugins needed.
It also sends a heartbeat every few minutes so your listing always shows an accurate player count.
Reward System
You get three layers of reward control:
Permission tiers — players with lobbylink.tier.mvp get one set of rewards, lobbylink.tier.vip gets another. Highest matching tier wins.
Per-service rewards — want to give a bonus emerald specifically when someone votes on Planet Minecraft? Done.
Default fallback — everyone who doesn't match a tier or service still gets something.
Any console command works — economy plugins, crate keys, custom commands, whatever your server uses. {player} gets replaced with the voter's name.
Votes for offline players are held for up to 7 days and delivered automatically when they log in.
Vote Streaks & Vote Parties
Streaks track how many consecutive days a player has voted. Set milestones (3, 7, 30, 100 days) to trigger bonus commands and special broadcasts. Day boundaries follow a configurable timezone so resets feel natural for your community.
Vote parties are a shared community counter. Set a goal — say 50 votes — and every time the counter hits it, every online player gets a reward and a party message fires in chat. Progress is announced every N votes to build hype.
vote-party:
goal: 50
announce-every: 10
commands:
- "give {player} firework_rocket 3"
PlaceholderAPI & Leaderboard
Seven placeholders you can drop into scoreboards, holograms, TAB, or anywhere PAPI is supported:
| Placeholder | Returns |
|---|---|
%lobbylink_votes_today% |
Votes today |
%lobbylink_votes_total% |
All-time vote count |
%lobbylink_streak_current% |
Current streak (days) |
%lobbylink_streak_best% |
Best streak ever |
%lobbylink_top_player% |
Server's #1 all-time voter |
%lobbylink_party_progress% |
Current vote party counter |
%lobbylink_party_goal% |
Vote party goal |
In-game leaderboard with /ll top — shows top 10 all-time and top 10 this month. Give players lobbylink.top so they can check it without admin access.
Setup
- Drop
LobbyLink-2.0.0.jarintoplugins/and restart - Open
plugins/LobbyLink/config.yml - Paste your Plugin Token from Dashboard → Settings → Plugin & Votifier and run
/ll reload
That's it. The Votifier listener starts on port 8192, the heartbeat begins, and votes start flowing.
Other features worth knowing
Visual effects on vote — firework at the voter's feet (fully configurable: type, colors, flicker, trail), sound effect, title/subtitle, or actionbar message.
Vote reminders — nudges online players who haven't voted recently. Configurable interval and cooldown.
Real-time player sync — heartbeat keeps your LobbyLink listing accurate automatically. No manual updates.
Deduplication — votes from both Votifier and the API won't double-deliver. A local cooldown gate is a second line of defense.
Commands
| Command | Permission | What it does |
|---|---|---|
/ll status |
lobbylink.admin |
Plugin status, vote party progress, pending votes |
/ll reload |
lobbylink.admin |
Hot-reload config without restarting |
/ll top [alltime|monthly] |
lobbylink.top |
In-game leaderboard |
/ll pubkey |
lobbylink.admin |
Show Votifier RSA public key |
Compatibility
- Spigot, Paper, Purpur — 1.8.8 through 1.21.x
- Java 8+
- Optional: PlaceholderAPI, Votifier, NuVotifier (none are required)
Get your server listed
LobbyLink is completely free for server owners — no paywalled features, no catches.
