ShyamWelcome
Reward your community for welcoming new players.
Paper & Folia Supported | 1.20+
Overview
ShyamWelcome is a lightweight yet powerful plugin that turns every new player's first join into a memorable community event. When a new player joins your server, everyone gets notified — and players who say
Welcome, Hi, or Hello in chat earn rewards for being friendly!It's the easiest way to build a welcoming, engaged community — automatically.
Features
First-Join Broadcast — Announce every new player to the entire server with a fully customizable styled message, including the server's unique join count.
Welcome Rewards — Players who type a welcome keyword (e.g. welcome,hi,hello,wb) within a configurable time window earn rewards via console commands.
First-Join Rewards — Automatically give the new player a starting bonus (economy money, items, kits — anything via commands).
Sound Effects — Play a customizable sound to all online players when someone joins for the first time.
Discord Webhook Integration — Instantly send a beautiful embed to your Discord server announcing the new member, complete with player head avatar, join count, custom colors, and timestamps.
JSON Logging — Every first join is logged to a logs.jsonfile with player name, UUID, timestamp, and join count for easy tracking.
PlaceholderAPI Support — Full PAPI support in messages, commands, and webhook content.
Folia Compatible — Built from the ground up with Folia support, works perfectly on both Paper and Folia servers.
Anti-Abuse — Configurable self-claim prevention so new players can't welcome themselves. Each player can only claim the reward once per new-player session.
How It Works
- A new player joins the server for the first time.
- A broadcast message is sent to all online players and a sound effect plays.
- The new player receives their first-join rewards automatically.
- A welcome window opens (default: 15 seconds).
- Any player who types a welcome keyword in chat during that window earns a reward.
- The join is logged and optionally sent to Discord via webhook.
Commands & Permissions
| Command | Description | Permission |
|---|---|---|
/sw reload | Reload all configuration files | shyamwelcome.reload |
/sw test | Test the welcome flow | shyamwelcome.test |
Aliases:
/shyamwelcome
Configuration
ShyamWelcome uses two config files for clean separation:
config.yml— Core settings: prefix, welcome window duration, trigger keywords, sounds, rewards, and messages.webhook.yml— Discord integration: webhook URL, embed title, description, color, footer, and sender identity.
All messages support legacy color codes (
&), hex colors (&#RRGGBB), and PlaceholderAPI placeholders.
Requirements
- Server: Paper or Folia 1.20+
- Java: 21+
- Optional: PlaceholderAPI (for placeholder support)
Preview
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by ShyamSai, RaviRai & BBAGOD
by ShyamSai, RaviRai & BBAGODLatest reviews
- phantm112
- Version: v1.0.2
This license was given for free.
What's this?
This is a very well-made plugin. What I appreciate the most is its unique feature . highly recommended.
- FaltuMc
- Version: v1.0.2
When i bought the plugin there were problems but when i contacted them in discord through their ticket system they solved the problem in some time 
, when a new player joins he sees animated stuff in his screen which is super cool too look plus the reward giving feature, like i have my smp in which i have grief prevention plugin because of which i had to distribute claim blocks to player but now with this i can configure how much land claim blocks i want to give to players with command, have a wonderfull Join message , its highly recommended for survival servers from my side , has configurable Join and leave messages that overrides default minecraft ones 
everything is pre-configured just have to change server name etc according to your liking 
, developer is also friend, i had pinged them 4 5 times then also they didnt say anything :)
, when a new player joins he sees animated stuff in his screen which is super cool too look plus the reward giving feature, like i have my smp in which i have grief prevention plugin because of which i had to distribute claim blocks to player but now with this i can configure how much land claim blocks i want to give to players with command, have a wonderfull Join message , its highly recommended for survival servers from my side , has configurable Join and leave messages that overrides default minecraft ones everything is pre-configured just have to change server name etc according to your liking , developer is also friend, i had pinged them 4 5 times then also they didnt say anything :)
