ChatControl

ChatControl is a versatile chat management and formatting plugin compatible with Bukkit, Spigot, and Paper servers. It effectively combats spam, advertisements, profanity, and bots, ensuring clean and orderly player communication.

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Key Features

Custom Rules and Handlers

Create personalized scenarios for complete control over chat content:

• Effective profanity filtering - built-in database of 48+ blocked words
• IP/URL advertisement blocking
• Spam and repetitive character protection
• Unicode and non-English message filtering
• Auto-correction of typos and internet slang
• Command aliases
• Utility commands and entertaining message replacements

Chat Formatting

Flexible customization of message appearance with variable support:

• {player}, {world}, {health}, {town}, {nation}, {clan}
• {country_name}, {country_code}, {region_name}, {isp}
• PlaceholderAPI compatibility

Discussion modes:

• Global chat ("!" symbol at the beginning)
• Local chat (limited range)
• Moderator permissions (chatcontrol.chat.overrideranged, chatcontrol.chat.spy)

Spam and CAPS Protection

Intelligent systems to prevent unwanted messages:

• Blocking identical and similar messages/commands
• Customizable delay between messages
• Filtering of duplicate characters
• Whitelist for commands
• Smart CAPS limitation with adjustable parameters

Moderation Tools

• Chat clearing with additional parameters
• Global chat mute with reason settings
• Customization of join/leave player messages
• Automatic announcement scheduler

Additional Functions

• Bot prevention - login delays, chat blocking until movement
• Sound notifications for chat mentions
• Automatic grammar - capitalization and punctuation
• Conversation archiving to files
• Multi-language support (10 languages)
• Group settings via permissions

Technical Features

• Minimal CPU/RAM load
• Asynchronous processing
• Protection against incorrect regular expressions
• Java 8+ compatibility
• Minecraft support from version 1.2.5

Integration with Popular Plugins

• ProtocolLib, Essentials/X, Vault
• Multiverse-Core, Towny, SimpleClans
• AuthMe, PlaceholderAPI

ChatControl provides a comprehensive approach to server chat management, combining powerful filtering tools with flexible formatting options.