Most placeholders don't have fully configurable output, making you unable to customize it as you'd like. This is especially a problem with placeholders such as vanish or afk ones that return "yes" or ...
PlaceholderAPI is a standalone bukkit plugin that can be installed just like any other plugin. It does not support BungeeCord. If you have TAB on BungeeCord and wish to use PlaceholderAPI placeholders ...