We're thrilled to announce the official release of List2Play Servers, a powerful WordPress plugin that enables website owners to live monitor and display game servers and Discord communities directly on their WordPress sites. This comprehensive solution brings real-time server monitoring capabilities to WordPress, making it easier than ever for gaming communities, server owners, and gaming websites to showcase their servers and keep visitors informed.
What is List2Play Servers?
List2Play Servers is a feature-rich WordPress plugin that integrates seamlessly with the List2Play platform, allowing you to display and monitor game servers and Discord communities with real-time updates. Whether you're running a Counter-Strike server, Minecraft community, Discord server, or any other gaming platform, this plugin provides everything you need to showcase your servers professionally.
✨ Key Features and Capabilities
🔴 Real-Time Server Monitoring
One of the standout features of List2Play Servers is its ability to provide real-time monitoring of server status. The plugin automatically detects whether servers are online or offline, displays current player counts for game servers and user counts for Discord communities, and updates this information automatically. This ensures your website visitors always have access to the most current server information.
📊 Interactive Activity Charts
Visualize server activity with beautiful, interactive Chart.js charts that display player and user count history over the past 24 hours. These charts help visitors understand server activity patterns, peak times, and overall server popularity at a glance. The visual representation makes it easy to see trends and make informed decisions about when to join servers.
🎯 Flexible Display Options
The plugin offers multiple ways to display servers on your WordPress site:
- Shortcode: Use the simple
[list2play_servers]shortcode anywhere in your posts or pages - WordPress Widget: Add a full-featured widget to any widget area with complete customization options
- Gutenberg Block: Native Gutenberg block with live preview and all customization options built-in
Each display method offers extensive customization, allowing you to control exactly what information is shown - from basic server details like hostname and status to comprehensive information including player counts, maps, votes, server statistics, and vote buttons.
🔍 Advanced Filtering and Sorting
List2Play Servers includes powerful filtering capabilities that let you display servers based on:
- Game type (supports 50+ games including CS:GO, CS2, Minecraft, Rust, TF2, Discord, and more)
- Server category
- Country/region
- Online/offline status
- And many other criteria
Sorting options include votes, activity, newest servers, or server name, in both ascending and descending order. This flexibility ensures you can present servers exactly how you want them displayed.
💬 Discord Community Support
The plugin includes special support for Discord communities, recognizing that Discord servers have different needs than game servers. Discord servers display "Join Link" instead of "Address" with clickable links, show "Users" instead of "Players" for better terminology, and provide "24h Users History" charts instead of player history charts. This specialized support makes the plugin perfect for Discord community managers who want to showcase their communities.
⚡ Performance and Privacy
Built with performance in mind, List2Play Servers includes a built-in caching system for API responses, reducing server load and improving page speed. The plugin is also GDPR compliant, with optional metadata collection and a clear privacy policy. Website owners have full control over what data is shared, and all locally stored data can be cleared or deleted at any time.
📱 Responsive Design
The plugin features fully responsive design, ensuring server listings look great on all devices - desktop computers, tablets, and mobile phones. This mobile-friendly approach means your server information is accessible to visitors regardless of how they access your website.
🛠️ Easy Setup and Configuration
Setting up List2Play Servers is straightforward:
- Install the plugin from the WordPress Plugin Directory
- Activate it through the WordPress admin panel
- Navigate to Settings > List2Play Servers
- Enter your API token from your List2Play profile settings
- Select which servers to display using the intuitive admin interface
- Add servers to your pages using shortcodes, widgets, or Gutenberg blocks
The admin interface includes drag-and-drop reordering, making it easy to control the order in which servers are displayed. You can select from your own servers or add any public server by ID, giving you complete flexibility.
👥 Who Can Benefit from This Plugin?
List2Play Servers is perfect for:
- Gaming Community Websites: Showcase your game servers and keep your community informed about server status and activity
- Server Hosting Providers: Display your available servers and help potential customers find the right server for their needs
- Discord Community Managers: Showcase your Discord communities with real-time user counts and activity metrics
- Gaming News Sites: Display featured servers or provide server listings as part of your content
- Multi-Server Operators: Monitor and display multiple servers from a single dashboard
🔧 Technical Specifications
- WordPress Compatibility: Requires WordPress 5.8 or higher
- PHP Requirements: PHP 7.4 or higher
- License: GPL v2 or later (open source)
- Tested Up To: WordPress 6.9
- API Integration: RESTful API with built-in caching
- Chart Library: Chart.js integration for visualizations
📥 Get Started Today
List2Play Servers is now available for free download from the WordPress Plugin Directory. The plugin is actively maintained and regularly updated to ensure compatibility with the latest WordPress versions and to add new features based on user feedback.