Minecraft plugin EconomyShopGUI

🔌 About EconomyShopGUI

EconomyShopGUI is a Minecraft plugin that provides a configurable graphical shop system so players can buy and sell items through menus instead of chat commands. The plugin exposes shop sections, paginated shop pages, a sell interface and optional physical "ShopStand" items. It is designed for Bukkit/Spigot/Paper server environments and integrates with common economy plugins.

🎯 Purpose

The plugin replaces or supplements text-based shop commands with GUI-driven shops and administrative shop configuration. It is intended for server owners and administrators who want structured, configurable in-game shops that hook into an existing economy plugin.

⚙️ Features

• Configurable shop sections and paginated GUI pages.
• Buy and sell item flows with a transaction screen and configurable limits.
• Global and per-section sell-all functionality.
• ShopStand physical item support (placeable display shops).
• Layout marketplace / installable layouts and in-game layout installation.
• Developer API for hooking into the plugin from other plugins.
• Integration with multiple economy systems and optional integrations for spawner and utility plugins.
• Uses bStats for anonymous plugin metrics.

🧩 Who It Is For

• Survival and SMP servers wanting in-game GUI shops.
• Servers that already use a separate economy plugin and need a front-end shop UI.
• Servers that want configurable shop layouts and optional physical shop stands.
• Plugin developers who need a shop API to integrate shop behavior.

🏗️ Example Use Cases

• Operators create shop sections for resources, tools and cosmetics and let players purchase via a GUI.
• A server offers a /sellall command for players to sell items to configured shop sections.
• Admins install or upload a layout to change the shop appearance without editing raw files.

⌨️ Commands

(Commands above are included only where documented by the plugin author.)

🔐 Permissions

(Defaults are recorded as "not specified" where the plugin does not list a default value in the documented permission list.)

⚙️ Installation

📥 Setup

• Download the official plugin JAR and place it into your server's plugins/ folder.
• Restart the server (or use a plugin manager to load the plugin).
• Check the server console on startup to confirm the plugin loaded and any dependency warnings.

📦 Dependencies

• Requires an economy provider. The plugin documents support for one of: Vault, PlayerPoints, CoinsEngine, GemsEconomy, UltraEconomy, VotingPlugin, zEssentials (one of these must be present for economy operations).
• Optional integrations include PlaceholderAPI, Citizens, Quests and various spawner plugins for direct support.

🧠 Technical Notes

• The plugin is published for Bukkit/Spigot/Paper servers and the author notes they do not support modded/hybrid servers.
• Requirements listed by the author: Minecraft 1.8+ and Java 8 or newer.
• The plugin exposes a developer API so other plugins can hook into shop events and functionality.
• The plugin uses bStats for anonymous metrics collection.
• There is a premium variant that adds features such as GUI editor, command items and custom NBT items; core functionality (GUI shops) exists in the free release.

🤝 When This Plugin Is Useful

If you need an in-game graphical storefront that integrates with your existing economy plugin and supports configurable layouts, shop sections and sell flows, EconomyShopGUI provides a documented admin-facing interface and an API for plugin integration.