Overview
VIPJoinMessage is a comprehensive Minecraft plugin designed to enhance server engagement by displaying custom join messages and playing unique sounds for players with special permissions. Perfect for highlighting VIP members, staff ranks, and premium players on your server.
Key Features
Rank-Based Join Messages
- Fully customizable join messages for different player ranks
- Support for unlimited ranks with individual permissions
- Priority system ensures the highest rank is always displayed
- Placeholder support (%player%, %rank%) for dynamic content
- Unique sounds for each rank (thunder for owners, level-up for admins, etc.)
- Configurable volume and pitch settings
- Option to broadcast sounds to all players or just the joining player
- Built-in sound validation with error handling
- Separate configuration files (config.yml, messages.yml)
- Hot-reload functionality with /vipjoin reload command
- Optional prefix system that can be toggled on/off
- Automatic suppression of default Minecraft join/quit messages
- Full color code support (&4, &l, &7, etc.)
- Configurable message broadcasting (all players vs. individual)
- Easy addition/removal of ranks without code changes
- Professional English localization
- Owner - Thunder sound, priority 1
- Admin - Level-up sound, priority 2
- Moderator - Chime sound, priority 3
- Helper - Bell sound, priority 4
- VIP - Experience orb sound, priority 5
- API Version: 1.21
- Compatibility: Minecraft 1.16.5+
- Dependencies: None (Bukkit/Spigot/Paper)
- Performance: Lightweight, minimal server impact
- Permissions: Individual rank permissions (vjm.owner, vjm.admin, etc.)
- Drop the plugin JAR into your server's plugins/ folder
- Restart your server
- Configure ranks and messages in the generated config files
- Assign permissions to players using your preferred permissions plugin
- /vipjoin reload - Reload configuration (Permission: vjm.admin)
- Default Rank Permissions: vjm.owner, vjm.admin, vjm.moderator, vjm.helper, vjm.vip
Quick facts
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft versions listed: 1.16, 1.17, 1.18
- 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 Spigot — 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.
Vip Join Message is a free Minecraft Java mod. Compatible with Minecraft 1.16, 1.17, 1.18, 1.19 and newer. Downloaded 99 times (via Spigot). Download it and open it directly in the game.