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ChatControl™ - The Ultimate Chat Plugin [500,000+ Downloads] [1.2.5 - 1.16.4]

by kangarko · for Minecraft

The legendary chat plugin. Incredible solution for ads, swear, caps, spam, bots & more!

719KDownloads
6 yr agoLast updated
Spigot · PaperLoaders
1.16Latest game version

About ChatControl™ - The Ultimate Chat Plugin [500,000+ Downloads] [1.2.5 - 1.16.4]

From SpigotMC

The legendary chat plugin. Incredible solution for ads, swear, caps, spam, bots & more!

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ChatControl is chat management and formatting solution for bukkit that significantly reduces amount of spam, ads, swearing and bots on your server! Create custom rules and handlers for complete control over the chat. This also comes with many other, often unique features, see the list below!



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Features
Rules and Handlers
  • Example usage:
    • Effective curse/swear word filtering. By default, over 48 curse words are blocked!
    • Powerful IP / URL advertisements blocking
    • Filter spam and repetitive characters
    • Block unicode / non-english messages
    • Typo / slang correction
    • Command aliases
    • Utility commands / messages
    • Fun message replacements
    ...rules are entirely up to you, and the possibilities are endless!
  • Define your own rules that matches certain regular expressions and applies for: chat, commands, signs or packets
  • Packet rules allows you to edit messages from the server itself or even other plugins (or hide them). The support replacing message per different worlds with rewritein operator
    • For example, change the unknown command message to no permission message in survival, but to something else in the hardcore world
  • Handlers allow you to easily manage a big set of rules without spaghetti code
  • Custom syntax and parser, fixing many YAML limitations
  • Inspired by popular but now outdated PwnFilter
Chat Formatting *Vault required
  • Format chat messages, with variables:
    • %pl_prefix and %pl_suffix
    • %world (TIP: if you want to customize the world name, use Multiverse-Core and edit world alias in worlds.yml)
    • %health
    • %player (player name)
    • %town and %nation (if Towny plugin is enabled)
    • %clan (if SimpleClans plugin is enabled)
    • %countryname and %countrycode
    • %regionname and %isp (player's internet provider)
    • PlaceholderAPI is supported.
  • Supports global chat (begin with "!") and local chat (ranged mode)
    • Use chatcontrol.chat.overrideranged permission to get all messages in the world
    • Use chatcontrol.chat.spy permission to get all messages in all worlds - spy mode
Anti Spam
  • Block the same or similar messages and commands
    • Strip special and duplicate characters to prevent bypasses (toggleable)
    • Ignore first argument in commands to prevent too strict check
    • Customizable percentage
  • Set the delay between messages and commands
  • Lower long unreadable message spam
  • Whitelist commands from delay and similarity check
Anti Caps
  • Efficient and intelligent CAPS prevention
  • Customize minimum message length, caps percentage, amount of caps in the row and a whitelist of ignored words

Read the full description on SpigotMC →

Highlights

From source data

Game versions

Supports 10 Minecraft versions, the newest being 1.16.

Loaders

Runs on Spigot and Paper.

Footprint

Rated a light load on a server.

ChatControl™ - The Ultimate Chat Plugin [500,000+ Downloads] [1.2.5 - 1.16.4] on Nxeon

From our catalogue
One-click install
Supported on Nxeon Minecraft servers, for Paper servers. We download it from SpigotMC, place it, and restart the server.
Server side
Required on the server
Server type needed
Spigot, Paper
Server load
light
Smallest plan we suggest
Minecraft — 2 GB (2 GB RAM). This follows our own load rating above, not a benchmark.
Latest build
5.9.1, released 2020-11-01

Game versions by loader

LoaderGame versionsNewest
Paper1.7 to 1.16 (10 versions)1.16
Spigot1.7 to 1.16 (10 versions)1.16

From 10 recorded builds of ChatControl™ - The Ultimate Chat Plugin [500,000+ Downloads] [1.2.5 - 1.16.4].

Recent builds

BuildReleasedGame versionsLoaders
5.9.12020-11-011.7 to 1.16 (10 versions)Spigot, Paper
5.9.02020-09-18n/aSpigot, Paper
5.8.92020-08-04n/aSpigot, Paper
5.8.82020-08-04n/aSpigot, Paper
5.8.72019-10-31n/aSpigot, Paper
5.8.62019-09-14n/aSpigot, Paper

Run ChatControl™ - The Ultimate Chat Plugin [500,000+ Downloads] [1.2.5 - 1.16.4] on a Minecraft server

Pick a server or deploy a new one above; it is installed in one click.

What kind of mod it is

From the catalog
Listed on SpigotMC as “Chat”

Chat & community

Chat, voice, Discord, clans and other community features.

Runs on your server

From source side support

SpigotMC lists ChatControl™ - The Ultimate Chat Plugin [500,000+ Downloads] [1.2.5 - 1.16.4] as required on the server. Check its SpigotMC page to see whether players need it too.

Compatibility

Game
Minecraft
Loaders
SpigotPaper
Runs on
Serverrequired on the server
Game versions
1.16 and 9 earlier
Requires
One-click install needs a Paper server.

Verified at the source

  • ✓SpigotMCOfficial listing, checked 2026-10-01Open ↗
  • ✓Authorkangarko, as published on SpigotMC
  • ✓LicenseNot published by the sourceFree

ChatControl™ - The Ultimate Chat Plugin [500,000+ Downloads] [1.2.5 - 1.16.4], answered

Generated from the mod’s own source data.

Do my players need to install ChatControl™ - The Ultimate Chat Plugin [500,000+ Downloads] [1.2.5 - 1.16.4]?

SpigotMC lists ChatControl™ - The Ultimate Chat Plugin [500,000+ Downloads] [1.2.5 - 1.16.4] as required on the server. Check its SpigotMC page to see whether players need it too.

Which loaders does it support?

Spigot and Paper.

Is it free?

Yes. ChatControl™ - The Ultimate Chat Plugin [500,000+ Downloads] [1.2.5 - 1.16.4] is free to download from SpigotMC.

How do I add it to my Nxeon server?

Use “Add to a server” on this page, or open NxLabs from your dashboard. We install it, restart your server and switch it on.

NxLabs

Run ChatControl™ - The Ultimate Chat Plugin [500,000+ Downloads] [1.2.5 - 1.16.4] on a Minecraft server.

Deploy in about a minute from $4.99 a month, then add ChatControl™ - The Ultimate Chat Plugin [500,000+ Downloads] [1.2.5 - 1.16.4] in one click.