JoinLeaveMessages

A highly customizable join and leave message plugin with comprehensive color support for Spigot and Paper servers.

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Overview

JoinLeaveMessages provides server administrators with complete control over player join and leave notifications. Whether you're running a small community server or a large network, this plugin offers the flexibility to create professional, eye-catching messages that match your server's branding.

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Key Features

Advanced Color Support

• Full hex color support using &#RRGGBB format
• Standard Minecraft color codes (&a, &c, &e, etc.)
• Format codes for bold, italic, underline, and strikethrough
• Mix and match color formats in a single message

Message Types

• Public join messages broadcast to all online players
• Public leave messages broadcast to all online players
• Private welcome messages sent exclusively to joining players

Configuration Options

• Toggle each message type independently
• Hot reload configuration without server restart using /jlm reload
• Multi-line message support for complex designs
• Easy-to-edit YAML configuration file

Placeholders

• {player} - Player's username
• {displayname} - Player's display name with nickname support
• {uuid} - Player's unique identifier
• {world} - Current world name

Performance

• Lightweight design with minimal overhead
• Event-driven architecture
• No database requirements
• Compatible with all major server software

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Commands

• /jlm - Display help menu
• /jlm reload - Reload configuration without restart
• /jlm help - Show available commands

Command Aliases: /joinleavemessages, /jlmsg

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Permissions

• joinleavemessages.* - Access to all plugin features
• joinleavemessages.reload - Permission to reload configuration (default: op)

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Configuration Example

Messages:
  Join: "&a&l+ &7{player} &ahas joined the server!"
  Leave: "&c&l- &7{player} &chas left the server!"
  PrivateMessage: |
    &8&m━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
    &#00FF00&lWelcome to the server, &f{player}&a!
    &7Enjoy your stay and have fun!
    &8&m━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

Options:
  join: true
  leave: true
  privateMessages: true