TAB, Chat & Holograms

Here you can learn how TAB, Chat and Holograms support works!

1 min readUpdated Nov 12, 2026

Tips for showing rank tags in the most common plugins.

TAB

Use the placeholder in the tablist or nametag prefix, for example in TAB's groups.yml:

owner:
  tabprefix: "%samsrank_aurora_owner% "
  tagprefix: "%samsrank_aurora_owner% "

TAB reads PlaceholderAPI directly, so SamsRank always gives it the real tag character, never an ItemsAdder :rank: tag that TAB would show literally (except for a brand-new ItemsAdder rank until /iazip has finished).

If TAB warns about legacy formatting codes, set placeholders.output-format: minimessage

LuckPerms Prefixes & Chat

Set the placeholder as a group prefix:

/lp group owner meta setprefix 100 "%samsrank_owner% "

Your chat plugin (and TAB) must parse PlaceholderAPI inside prefixes. MiniMessage-based chat plugins work best with output-format: minimessage.

Holograms

FancyHolograms -> detected automatically; SamsRank outputs MiniMessage-safe text.
DecentHolograms -> detected automatically; SamsRank uses DecentHolograms' own RGB format so effects keep their exact colour.

Just use the normal placeholder, e.g. %samsrank_starlight_owner%, in a hologram line.