[issues]: https://github.com/PlaceholderAPI/PlaceholderAPI/issues
[licenseImg]: https://img.shields.io/github/license/PlaceholderAPI/PlaceholderAPI.svg
[license]: https://github.com/PlaceholderAPI/PlaceholderAPI/blob/master/LICENSE

[releaseImg]: https://img.shields.io/github/release/PlaceholderAPI/PlaceholderAPI.svg?label=github%20release
[release]: https://github.com/PlaceholderAPI/PlaceholderAPI/releases/latest

[discord]: https://helpch.at/discord
[spigot]: https://www.spigotmc.org/resources/6245/
[hangar]: https://hangar.papermc.io/HelpChat/PlaceholderAPI
[bbb]: https://builtbybit.com/resources/placeholderapi.24306
[Expansions cloud]: https://api.extendedclip.com/home
[placeholder list]: https://helpch.at/placeholders
[statistics]: https://bstats.org/plugin/bukkit/PlaceholderAPI

[ci]: http://ci.extendedclip.com/job/PlaceholderAPI/
[ciImg]: http://ci.extendedclip.com/buildStatus/icon?job=PlaceholderAPI

[APIversionImg]: https://img.shields.io/nexus/placeholderapi/me.clip/placeholderapi?server=https%3A%2F%2Frepo.extendedclip.com&label=API%20Version
[logo]: https://wiki.placeholderapi.com/assets/img/papi-logo.png

[contributing]: https://github.com/PlaceholderAPI/PlaceholderAPI/blob/master/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md
[placeholderexpansion]: https://wiki.placeholderapi.com/developers/creating-a-placeholderexpansion/
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# Information 
[PlaceholderAPI][spigot] is a plugin for Spigot servers that allows server owners to display information from various plugins with a uniform format. 

Support for specific plugins are provided either by the plugin itself or through expansions. The expansions may be downloaded in-game through the PAPI Expansion Cloud. There are currently over 240+ expansions that support a wide variety of plugins, such as Essentials, Factions, LuckPerms, and Vault. 

PlaceholderAPI has been downloaded over 1,000,000 times and has been used concurrently on over 40,000 servers, which makes it a must-have for a server of any type or scale.

## Contribute
If you would like to contribute towards PlaceholderAPI should you take a look at our [Contributing file][contributing] for the ins and outs on how you can do that and what you need to keep in mind.

## Create an Expansion
If you would like to create your own Placeholder Expansion for PlaceholderAPI, take a look at our [Wiki][placeholderexpansion] which contains a detailed tutorial on how you can achieve this.

## Support
- [Issue Tracker][issues]
- [Discord Support][discord]

## Quick Links
- [CI Server][ci]
- [Expansions Cloud]
- [Placeholder List]
- [Spigot Page][spigot]
- [Hangar Page][hangar]
- [BuiltByBit Page][bbb]
- [Plugin Statistics][statistics]