
NameGuard
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NameGuard
A plugin for blocking nicknames and adding additional checks for privileged accounts.
- Supports Paper and BungeeCord
- Convenient declarative configuration
- Checks by IP, subnet, or virtual host
- Nickname blocking by exact match or regex pattern
- Reload with a single command:
/nameguard reload
Whitelist
All access rules are described declaratively in the access-groups.yml file.
# Group name. Can be anything and will be shown in logs if logging is enabled
group:
# If disabled, the group will be ignored
enabled: false
# Enable logging for failed join attempts
log-to-console: true
# MiniMessage supported
kick-message: "<red>Access denied"
# Access rules
access-rules:
- "vhost:access.myserver.com"
- "ip:192.168.1.120"
- "subnet:127.0.0.1/24"
match:
# If enabled, any player will be checked against this group
everything: false
# If the nickname is in this list, the player will be checked against this group
nicknames:
- owner
- helper
# If the nickname matches at least one regex pattern from the list,
# the player will be checked against this group
patterns:
- "b[a4]d_?w[o0]rd"
If a player is checked by a group and does not pass any access rule,
the join attempt is denied with the kick-message, and a corresponding
message is logged to the console if log-to-console is enabled.
If a player is checked by a group and passes at least one access rule, the player is allowed to join, and all further checks are skipped.
The order in which groups are checked is determined by their order in the file.
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft versions listed: 1.21, 1.21.1, 1.21.2
- How to install: Install the matching mod loader (Forge, Fabric or NeoForge) for your Minecraft version. → Download the .jar. → Put it in the .minecraft/mods folder and launch that loader profile.
- Where to get it: Opens on Modrinth — not every file is mirrored on our own servers.
Install steps are the general flow for this file type — How to install Minecraft Java mods & modpacks walks through it step by step.
- Ships as NameGuard-Bungee-1.5.0.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 1.0 MB
- Download link checked 11 Sept 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.