Minecraft plugin ClearChat

🔌 About ClearChat

ClearChat is a Spigot/Bukkit chat utility plugin that lets server staff clear the global chat or clear a specific player's chat. It provides configurable feedback messages, supports translations via a configuration file, and includes measures to bypass some client-side message stackers.

🎯 Purpose

The plugin solves the simple administrative need to remove chat clutter after events or incidents, or to clear a single player's chat view. It is aimed at server administrators and moderators who need a lightweight tool to reset player-visible chat without changing chat logging or other systems.

⚙️ Features

• Clear global chat (server-wide).
• Clear a single player's chat buffer.
• Configurable plugin messages and prefix, translatable via the config file.
• Works with a wide range of Spigot/Bukkit Minecraft versions (author states compatibility from 1.7 through 1.18.x).
• Includes bStats usage for anonymous metrics (can be disabled via bStats config).
• Attempts to bypass some client-side message stackers/anti-spam clients.

🧩 Who It Is For

• Small to medium Survival / SMP servers that need a simple chat reset tool.
• Servers where moderators occasionally need to clear chat after arguments or events.
• Admin teams that prefer minimal, single-purpose utilities rather than large chat-management suites.

🏗️ Example Use Cases

• An admin clears global chat after an in-game announcement to remove previous messages.
• A moderator clears one player's chat if they need the player's client to have a fresh chat window.

⌨️ Commands

(Commands and permissions above are taken from official project resources.)

🔐 Permissions

⚙️ Installation

📥 Setup

• Download the plugin JAR from the plugin's official distribution.
• Place the JAR in your server plugins/ directory.
• Restart the server (recommended) and check the server console to confirm the plugin loaded.

📦 Dependencies

• No required external dependencies are listed by the author.

🧾 Configuration

• The plugin provides a configuration file where all messages and the plugin prefix can be translated/changed.
• The config exposes placeholders such as %sender% and %person% for use in messages.

🧠 Technical Notes

• Supported server software: Spigot and Bukkit (plugin identifies as a Spigot/Bukkit plugin).
• Stated compatibility range: versions 1.7 through 1.18.x as documented by the author.
• The plugin is written in Kotlin and targets Java 8+.
• The project uses bStats for anonymous usage statistics; this can be disabled via the bStats configuration.
• Source code and issue tracking are available in the project's repository.

🤝 When This Plugin Is Useful

If you need a small, focused tool to clear chat for moderation or post-event housekeeping, ClearChat provides a simple command-based solution with configurable messages and minimal operational overhead.