WaveBack

WaveBack is a PaperMC plugin that lets you customize join and leave messages while rewarding players for welcoming others back to the server.

Players can say greetings like wb, welcome back, wbb, or dubs after a returning player joins. WaveBack detects those greetings during a configurable time window and rewards greeters with commands, items, or Vault economy money.

Features

• Custom join and leave messages
• MiniMessage formatting support
• Optional join and leave sounds
• Optional join and leave fireworks
• Welcome-back greeting rewards
• Configurable greeting phrases
• Reward bundles with commands, items, and Vault money
• Cooldowns and reward caps to reduce spam
• Minimum playtime checks to help prevent alt farming
• Optional Vault support
• Reload command: /wb reload
• Solo reward test command: /wb testreward

Requirements

• PaperMC 1.21 - 26.1.2
• Java 21
• Vault is optional and only needed for money rewards

Configuration

WaveBack generates a config at:

plugins/WaveBack/config.yml

Messages use MiniMessage formatting, so you can use colors like <green>, <yellow>, hex colors, decorations, and gradients.

Example greeting rewards can include:

• Giving money through Vault
• Giving custom-named items
• Running console commands

Commands

/waveback reload or /wb reload
/wb testreward

Permissions

waveback.reload
waveback.greet
waveback.bypasscooldown
waveback.testreward