mcpingtest

A Minecraft plugin allowing you to set up a server for testing in-game latency.
Note: there's also a standalone server that does the same thing built on top of Minestom, currently supports 1.19.3. You can check it out here.

Why?

The reason for both versions to exist is simple: pinging the server host or sending a HTTP request to it isn't as accurate as testing latency on top of protocol that will be used.

How?

This version utilizes the Player#getPing method in the Spigot API. It gives an estimate of player's ping. This is why ping can be 0 right after joining the server.

Usage

Currently, the plugin requires version 1.20 or above. I might change that requirement at some point. You can start using the plugin on your server pretty quickly:

1. Download the latest build from releases.
2. Put the JAR file to the plugins directory.
3. Restart the server.
4. (optional) change the configuration in mcpingtest/config.yml.
5. (optional) restart the server after changing the config.

To start a ping test, use the command /pingtest start. To stop it, use command /pingtest stop.