How to configure a server icon and Motd on Game Panel

Setting up server icon and Message Of The Day for your Minecraft server

Updated 1 week ago

To configure a server icon and Message of the Day (MOTD) for your Minecraft server in Hostinger Game Panel, upload a 64×64 pixel PNG file named server-icon.png to your server’s main folder, then edit the MOTD in the Server and Startup menu.

Server icon

A server icon is an image in PNG format, which must be within the 64×64 pixel size limit. You will need to name it server-icon.png and upload it to the main folder your server:

Game panel file manager with server-icon.png highlighted in the file list

Once that’s done, you will see that your server icon has been updated:

Minecraft server icon highlighted next to server name and AMF branding

Message of the day

The MOTD can be updated easily through Game panel. Log into Game Panel, select Manage on your instance, and open the Configuration → Minecraft → Server and Startup menu. There, you will see the option to update MOTD:

Minecraft game panel Server and Startup tab with MOTD input field highlighted

Once you change it, this text will get updated:

Minecraft server icon and MOTD showing “Powered by AMP” highlighted on the server list

Your Minecraft server now shows the new server icon and MOTD in the server list.