Tab Player Hider

## TabPlayerHider Hides specific players from the tab list without removing them from the game world. Useful for servers running bots: names listed in `hidden-players` disappear from the tab list but stay fully present in game, with normal collision, visibility and behaviour. ### Features - Removes configured players from every client's tab list on join, using a 1 tick delayed packet - Hide and show players instantly via command, no relog required - Bot names are stored in the config and persist across restarts - Tab completion for `/tabh hide` lists online players, `/tabh show` lists currently hidden names ### Configuration ```yaml # config.yml hidden-players: - "BotName1" - "BotName2" ``` Names are case-sensitive and must match the exact Minecraft username. ### Permissions | Permission | Description | Default | |---|---|---| | `tabplayerhider.admin` | Access to all `/tabh` commands | op | ### Commands Main command: `/tabplayerhide`, alias: `/tph` | Command | Description | |---|---| | `/tph on` | Enable hiding, hidden players disappear from the tab list | | `/tph off` | Disable hiding, all players are visible in the tab list again | | `/tph status` | Show current state, hidden player count and who is online | | `/tph hide <player>` | Hide a player from the tab list and save it to the config | | `/tph show <player>` | Show a player in the tab list again | | `/tph list` | List all currently hidden player names | | `/tph reload` | Reload the config and re-apply hiding | ### Requirements | | | |---|---| | Server | Paper 1.21.x | | Java | 21+ | ### How it works On every player join the plugin sends a `ClientboundPlayerInfoRemovePacket` for each hidden player directly to the joining client, one tick after join so it lands after the server's own player-info broadcast. Only the tab list packet is touched, not entity tracking or the scoreboard, so hidden players stay fully visible in the world.