How to make a Minecraft plugin thumbnail people actually click

On BuiltByBit, Polymart, SpigotMC and Modrinth, buyers decide in about a second whether your resource is worth a look. Most of that second is spent on the thumbnail. Here's what separates the ones people click from the ones they scroll past.

1. Design for the smallest size first

Marketplaces show thumbnails tiny in search results and lists. Shrink your design to around 200 pixels wide and look again:

• Can you still read the name? If not, make it bigger or shorten it.
• Is there one clear subject? A spawner, a menu, a character. Not five things at once.
• Does it stand apart from the colours around it? Strong contrast beats more detail.

2. Say what it does, not just what it's called

A name alone ("EliteSpawner") tells a buyer very little. Add a short line that explains the value, like "Powerful spawners without the entity overload". Three to six words is plenty.