!Plugin demo Created for our college Minecraft server (derex smp), check this plugin in action at server ip
mc.longhorns.dev
Running a public Minecraft survival server today often means dealing with organized griefing groups and automated server scanners, forcing many servers to run /whitelist on just to stay safe. But that comes at the cost of accessibility, what if you actually want people to join and explore?
Guests is a lightweight Bukkit plugin for managing guest players on your Minecraft server. Using a permission system and config, server owners can leave their whitelists off to make a server public, but still vet people who join by turning on a guest mode by default, and setting unverified players to spectator mode.
It allows you to restrict block breaking, block placing, block interaction, and chat for guests, with configurable options.
You use the various permission nodes given and apply them to permission groups to enable or disable guest behavior. A good way is to give guest permissions to the "default" permission group all players get on join, and have a method to promote them upwards once they are whitelisted / verified.
I recommend using LuckPerms to manage the groups, and adding guest.guest and other permissions to the "default" group. You can use /lp promote to promote specified users.
If you have any suggestions on how to improve this system plz let me know on the GitHub!
guests.guest \— Assigned to guest playersguests.spectator \— Forces spectator modeguests.muted \— Restricts chatguests.limited \— Restricts block interactionguests.damage \— Allows guests to damage entitiesguests.pickup \— Allows guests to pickup itemsguests.reload - Reload configAll features can be toggled in the config.yml file:
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Created for the UT Austin Minecraft server, check this plugin in action at mc.longhorns.dev
Developed by Derex (derec4, derex_, derexXD, dereXD, derexwq, DereC_, CORRUPT_Greninja, lordnexus123, and other username iterations).

Show off your builds to newcomers while keeping gameplay secure! Perfect for SMPs that want to protect themselves from griefers and server scanners. Players will join as a guest and you can keep your whitelist off and public!