Dynamic Display Nameplate

ameplates only in combat, only for what matters: mobs fighting your group, your party's plates, and missing health for healers.

Dynamic Display Nameplate decides when Blizzard's nameplates show, and which ones. It keeps Blizzard's look. For World of Warcraft: Forever.

How it works

Entering combat turns enemy and friendly player nameplates on; leaving combat turns them off.
Every switch is in the options panel: type /ddn-options, or Esc > Options > AddOns > Dynamic Display Nameplate. Each one has a short explanation and a chat command.

Options

Enemy plates only in combat (on by default).
Enemy plates only for mobs fighting your group (off by default): hides enemy NPC plates unless the mob is your target, has someone in your group on its threat list, or is targeting one of you. Enemy players always show.
Friendly player plates only in combat (on by default).
Friendly player plates only for your party or raid (off by default).
Fade friendly plates at full health (on by default): faint in combat, hidden out of combat, solid as soon as they lose health.
Show hurt friendly plates out of combat (on by default).
Missing health on friendly plates (off by default): -118, or -0 at full health, in place of Blizzard's health number. This used to be the Deficit Plates addon.
Friendly plates on the left, enemy plates on the right (on by default).

Commands

/ddn-help lists the commands.
/ddn-options opens the options panel.
/ddn-enemies, /ddn-engaged, /ddn-friends, /ddn-group, /ddn-fadefull, /ddn-showhurt, /ddn-deficit, /ddn-sides each take on or off; with no argument they toggle.
/ddn-status shows what the addon sees. Include it in bug reports.
/ddn-watch prints every game setting change until you run it again.

Settings are saved per account.

Good to know

Inside dungeons and raids, Blizzard keeps friendly plates off limits to addons, so the friendly-plate options don't apply there. For missing health in a dungeon, set the party frames to show health lost.
Hidden plates still take up room when plates stack.
If you press V (or Shift+V for friendly plates) to show nameplates outside combat, they hide again at the end of your next fight.
If you uninstall it, nameplates stay off. Press V / Shift+V to turn them back on.

Source and issues

The code is on GitHub. If something goes wrong, open an issue there and include the /ddn-status output.

Dynamic Display Nameplate Team