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ExtraGreetings

by BloodRed · on Modrinth

A feature-rich greeting plugin for Minecraft servers with customizable particles, titles, subtitles, action bars, boss bars, chat messages, and more.

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🎉 ExtraGreetings

A feature-rich greeting plugin for Minecraft servers with Folia support, Adventure API, MiniMessage, and optimized for Minecraft 1.20.1+.

✨ Features

📋 Requirements

⚙️ Configuration

The plugin generates a default configuration file at plugins/ExtraGreetings/config.yml. Here's an example:

# ExtraGreetings Configuration
settings:
  enableJoin: true
  enableQuit: true
  cooldownSeconds: 60
  debug: false
  joinDelay: 1

join:
  firstTime:
    title: "<gradient:#FF55FF:#55FFFF>Welcome</gradient>"
    subtitle: "<italic>%player% has joined for the first time!</italic>"
    actionbar: "<rainbow>Enjoy your stay!</rainbow>"
    bossbar:
      enable: true
      text: "Welcome, %player%!"
      color: BLUE
      style: SOLID
      duration: 10
    particles:
      enable: true
      effect: "HEART"
      count: 50
      offset: {x: 0.5, y: 1.0, z: 0.5}
      speed: 0.1
    sound:
      enable: true
      effect: "ENTITY_PLAYER_LEVELUP"
      volume: 1.0
      pitch: 1.0
    message: "<bold><gold>[+]</bold> <white>%player%</white> joined for the first time!"
    commands:
      - "give %player% diamond 1"
      - "broadcast &aWelcome new player %player%!"

  recurring:
    title: "<yellow>Welcome back!</yellow>"
    subtitle: "<gray>Enjoy your stay!</gray>"
    message: "<gray>[+]</gray> <white>%player%</white> returned!"

  vip:
    enable: true
    title: "<gradient:#FFD700:#FFA500>VIP</gradient> <gold>Welcome!</gold>"
    subtitle: "<yellow>%player% the VIP has joined!</yellow>"
    # ... more VIP settings

quit:
  # VIP quit greeting (for players with extragreetings.vip permission)
  vip:
    message: "<bold><gold>[VIP]</gold></bold> <yellow>%player%</yellow> has left the server!"
    particles:
      enable: true
      effect: "DRAGON_BREATH"
      count: 30
      offset: {x: 0.5, y: 1.0, z: 0.5}
      speed: 0.15
    sound:
      enable: true
      effect: "ENTITY_ENDER_DRAGON_FLAP"
      volume: 1.0
      pitch: 1.2
    commands:
      - "say VIP %player% has left the server!"
  
  # Regular quit greeting
  regular:
    message: "<gray>[-]</gray> <white>%player%</white> left the server."
    particles:
      enable: true
      effect: "SMOKE_NORMAL"
      count: 20
      offset: {x: 0.0, y: 0.5, z: 0.0}
      speed: 0.1
    sound:
      enable: true
      effect: "ENTITY_HORSE_SADDLE"
      volume: 0.8
      pitch: 1.0
    commands: []

🎮 Commands

Command Description Permission
/extragreetings Show help menu extragreetings.admin
/extragreetings reload Reload configuration extragreetings.admin
/extragreetings info Show plugin information extragreetings.admin
/extragreetings stats Show plugin statistics extragreetings.admin
/extragreetings debug [on/off] Toggle debug mode extragreetings.admin
/extragreetings reset [data/cooldowns] Reset plugin data extragreetings.admin
/extragreetings test [join/quit] Test greetings (actually triggers them!) extragreetings.admin
/extragreetings update Update configuration to latest version extragreetings.admin

Aliases: /eg

🔐 Permissions

Permission Description Default
extragreetings.admin Access to admin commands op
extragreetings.vip Receive VIP greetings (join AND quit) false
extragreetings.bypass.cooldown Bypass greeting cooldown op

🛠️ Configuration Updater

✨ Features:

📁 Backup Location:

Backups are stored in /plugins/ExtraGreetings/backups/config.yml.timestamp.bak

🔄 How It Works:

  1. Startup: Plugin automatically checks for missing config options
  2. Updates: Adds new options with default values
  3. Cleanup: Removes obsolete configuration options
  4. Preservation: Keeps all your custom settings and comments

📝 Console Messages:

[ExtraGreetings] Added missing config option: quit.vip.message
[ExtraGreetings] Configuration updated successfully!
[ExtraGreetings] Config backed up to: config.yml.1234567890.bak

🎨 MiniMessage Formatting

ExtraGreetings supports full MiniMessage formatting:

title: "<gradient:#FF55FF:#55FFFF>Welcome</gradient>"
subtitle: "<italic><yellow>%player%</yellow> has joined!</italic>"
actionbar: "<rainbow>Enjoy your stay!</rainbow>"
message: "<bold><gold>[+]</gold></bold> <white>%player%</white> joined!"

Available Tags:

🏷️ Placeholders

Built-in Placeholders

PlaceholderAPI Support

When PlaceholderAPI is installed, you can use any available placeholder:

🎆 Particle Effects

Supported particle effects include:

🔊 Sound Effects

Supported sound effects include:

🎯 Boss Bar Configuration

bossbar:
  enable: true
  text: "Welcome, %player%!"
  color: BLUE    # BLUE, RED, GREEN, YELLOW, PURPLE, PINK, WHITE
  style: SOLID   # SOLID, SEGMENTED_6, SEGMENTED_10, SEGMENTED_12, SEGMENTED_20
  duration: 10   # Duration in seconds

🔧 Advanced Configuration

Custom Commands

Execute commands when players join or quit:

commands:
  - "give %player% diamond 1"
  - "broadcast &aWelcome %player%!"
  - "tp %player% spawn"

VIP Configuration

Special greetings for VIP players (both join AND quit):

vip:
  enable: true
  title: "<gradient:#FFD700:#FFA500>VIP</gradient> <gold>Welcome!</gold>"
  # Players need extragreetings.vip permission

Permission-Based Quit Messages

Different quit messages based on permissions:

Cooldown System

Prevent greeting spam:

settings:
  cooldownSeconds: 60  # Cooldown in seconds
  joinDelay: 1         # Delay before showing greeting

📊 Statistics

Use /extragreetings stats to view:

🧪 Testing System

Usage:

Features:

🐛 Troubleshooting

Common Issues

  1. Greetings not showing: Check if join/quit events are enabled in config
  2. Particles not spawning: Verify particle effect names are correct
  3. Sounds not playing: Check sound effect names and volume settings
  4. PlaceholderAPI not working: Make sure PlaceholderAPI is installed and loaded
  5. Config not updating: Use /extragreetings update to manually update

Debug Mode

Enable debug mode to see detailed logging:

settings:
  debug: true

Or use the command: /extragreetings debug on

🔄 Migration

From Other Greeting Plugins

  1. Stop your server
  2. Remove the old plugin and its data files
  3. Install ExtraGreetings
  4. Configure the new plugin using this guide
  5. Start your server

🤝 Support

Quick facts

Install steps are the general flow for this file type — How to install Minecraft Java mods & modpacks walks through it step by step.

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