FirstGreeter

FirstGreeter - Reward Players for Welcoming New Members! 🎉

Automatically reward the first player to welcome new joiners to your server.

FirstGreeter creates a welcoming community by rewarding players who greet newcomers first. With persistent leaderboards, customizable rewards, and flexible cooldowns, this plugin encourages positive first impressions.

🎯 Features

✅ Lightweight - Fastest greeter gets the reward ✅ Lightweight - Execute any command (economy, items, XP, permissions) ✅ Lightweight - Track top welcomers across restarts ✅ Lightweight - Multiple welcome phrases supported ✅ Lightweight - Per-player and global cooldown options ✅ Lightweight - Stats, reset, and management commands ✅ Lightweight - Update config without restart ✅ Lightweight - Minecraft 1.8 - 1.21+ ✅ Lightweight - JSON storage, no database needed

💡 How It Works

1. New player joins server 2. First person to type "welcome [name]" gets rewarded 3. Leaderboard tracks top welcomers 4. Cooldowns prevent spam

Example: Player joins → "welcome Steve!" → Reward given! 💎

🚀 Quick Start

1. Drop JAR into plugins/ folder 2. Restart server 3. Customize plugins/FirstGreeter/config.yml 4. Use /fg reload to apply changes

🎮 Commands

- /fg leaderboard [page] - View top welcomers - /fg stats [player] - View statistics - /fg reload - Reload config - /fg reset <player/all> - Reset data (admin)

Aliases: /fg, /firstgreeter, /greeter

🔐 Permissions

- firstgreeter.use - Basic commands (default: true) - firstgreeter.admin - Admin access (default: OP)

🏆 Leaderboard Rankings

🥇 White - #1 welcomer 🥈 White - #2 welcomer 🥉 White - #3 welcomer ⭐ White - Top 10 💬 White - Everyone else

🔗 Compatibility

Java: PaperMC, Spigot, Purpur Java: 1.8 - 1.21+ Java: 8, 11, 16, 17, 21

Works with Vault, LuckPerms, EssentialsX, and all economy plugins!

⚙️ Simple Config

```yaml welcome-detection: phrases: ["welcome", "wb", "hello", "hi"] timeout-seconds: 60

rewards: commands: - "give %player% diamond 1" - "eco give %player% 100"

cooldown: per-player-enabled: true per-player-seconds: 300 ```

Build a welcoming community today! 🌟