PwnFilter
Update: 2023-04-20 - PwnFilter EOL Statement
Major changes to chat from Mojang that include chat reporting and signed messages may render PwnFilter no longer usable. The developers of PwnFiilter have not maintained the plugin since 2016, and it has continued to work up until now. We don't see a new version coming out anytime soon and urge server owners to find an alternative. We hear good things about VentureChat - https://www.spigotmc.org/resources/venturechat.771/
-tremor.
About PwnFilter
PwnFilter is way more than just your average word-blocking plugin, PwnFilter uses the power of Regular-Expressions ("RegEx") to give you a highly effective and highly configurable plugin to filter anything you want from chat! Matching words can be rewritten, logged, blocked, and managed, depending on the rules you define. Use PwnFilter for:
- Extremely effective chat/command filtering: Filter anything you want with RegEx!
- Extremely effective curse/swear word filtering, warn users who use bad language, turn their profanities into harmless language, or just deny their message entirely!
- Assign appropriate punishment levels based on severity.
- Anti-Advertisement: IP/URL filtering
- Make fun chat replacements for your server's inside-jokes.
- Single line spam filtering: Remove repetitive characters like hiiiiiiiiiiiii to hi.
- CAPS Blocking capability
- Typo correction: Replace common and annoying typos like "teh" to "the" or "u" or "you"
- Customizable warning messages
- Command aliases: Automatically recognize a !command and change to /longer command, Stop yourself from accidentally sending those embarrassing .commands to chat for everyone to see.
- A few built-in punishments like burn, kill, fine (charge money!), warn, kick, and ban. Or simply utilize the "then console" action to make your server console execute almost any command from any other plugin as if you typed it yourself in the console window, especially if you use a plugin that adds a plethora of punishments, like PunishMental, or use it to make PwnFilter send the appropriate commands to your favorite ban-management system to let it handle what to do!
Think of this plugin as a platform for the power of RegEx, the matching rules are 100% entirely up to you, and there are a hundred ways to do something. The possibilities are endless, the power is as dynamic as you want it to be depending on how much effort you put into having the best RegEx rules.
PwnFilter is a revival and complete rewrite of the RegexFilter plugin by FloydATC. Thanks to DreamPhreak for helping with this Bukkit page, to Sage905 for taking over the latest branch of development making PwnFilter even better than ever, and to EpicAtrain for developing comprehensive regex rules for server owners to use.
Features:
- Filter Chat! (of course)
- Filter Item Names! (Anvil)
- Filter Signs!
- Filter Commands!
- Filter Console!
- Filter Books! (Coming in next version!)
- Filter Nametags!
- Built-in anti-spam feature can be enabled in config.
- Commands for OP or by permission node.
- Supports color message replacement.
- Globally clear all player's chat windows with "/pfcls".
- Global mute with "/pfmute" - stops all server chat and commands for making admin announcements.
- Command typos beginning with certain characters can be stopped (like . and 7, accidentally instead of / and &).
- Optionally recover those typos and execute the command as intended.
- Define your own macros or command aliases.
- Simple but powerful configuration with built-in debugging.
- Each regular expression is compiled only once => very fast.
- Able to reload all your PwnFilter rules & config files without needing to restart the server with "/pfreload".
- Optionally kick or warn players on rule matches AND/OR:
- Execute commands from console or other plugins.
- Use randrep action to replace swears with a random multiple option.
- Use lower action to replace text to all lowercase (great for those CAPS chatters).
- True command aliases, link faux commands like /wave to /me waves at you.
- Customizable 'permission denied' messages
Issues & Conflicts
Plugin Conflicts: If you notice that PwnFilter conflicts/interferes with another chat-related plugin, edit your config.yml, go to the "ADVANCED" section at the bottom, unhide the priority you want to change (by removing the # in front of the line), and change the priority from the default setting "Lowest" to another setting like "Highest". This can sometimes resolve conflicts, otherwise ask on our forum or create a ticket.
Permission Bypass: The permission node pwnfilter.bypass is automatically granted to OP and players with * permission nodes. If you do not want these players bypassing the filter at all, you must negate this permission node for them in your Permissions Plugin's files.
Plugin Metrics
This plugin utilizes Hidendra's plugin metrics system, which means that some information is collected and sent to mcstats.org. If you wish to disable this feature, you can do so by opting out, which you can do in the PluginMetrics' config file under /YourServer/plugins/PluginMetrics/
Links & Info
- PwnPlantGrowth - Customize, modify, block all plant growth with varying configurations, including biome based and light level based farming.
- PwnChickenLay - Configure or block how fast chickens can lay eggs, or replace eggs with other items like diamonds, bricks, anything you can think of.
- ResPwn - Configure useful and fun player respawn options like temporary forcefields, armor and weapons.
- PwnPvpBalance - Balance the tide of uneven game mechanics with options to help players with poor PvP skills be more competitive, and give good players a better challenge.
- PwnFilter Regex Forum - Have questions about using RegEx or want to show your rules.txt off? Visit our RegEx forum here on DBO!
- Pwn9.com - Visit the Pwn9 Gaming Community, the place we call home. Check out our Minecraft servers, other game servers and fun gaming community.
- Discord Server: Join us @ https://discord.gg/qde6rVn - feel free to ask PwnFilter or RegEx questions on the channel or just come hang out with us.
- Development builds of this project can be acquired at the provided continuous integration server. These builds have not been approved by the BukkitDev staff. Use them at your own risk. ci.sagely.ca
Donate
All of our "Pwn-" plugins are completely free of charge. We work hard to bring you the best, powerful, and up-to-date plugins. If we have helped you in any way, please consider a donation of any amount (Using the "Donate" button on the top-right of this page, or clicking HERE). All donations are GREATLY appreciated for all of the time that goes into this plugin and support.
EpicATrain's version 10.0 filter has been temporarily removed, due to a few issues. The classic language filter is still available here: http://pastebin.com/u/EpicATrain
@An___Idiot I'm using MultiCommand for alias (it have many another usefull functions) and this PWNfilter for checking spam, swear, advertising and else :)
@tremor77 I just want to say thanks a lot for this amazing plugin! :)
Hi, I think that the command aliases would be a good idea. All the aliases plugins are way out of date or inactive. The curse blocking is already configurable, but command aliases is not. Thank you, AnIdiot
@tremor77
thank you tremor77, i knew there as some kind of limit being enforced somewhere.How do you suggest to use regex to reduce the number of words. Basially it is just a bunch of swear words spelled all different ways.
Is there a way regex can be programed to match pulled words from a seperate file word list like words.txt file?
Thanks for your help.
newpie08
@newpie08
There shouldn't be a limit on the amount of rules, however, there may be a limit on the single "match" which would probably be in the amount of string space allotted for a regex phrase. I'll have to check my code but i'm assuming a sinlge "match" is going to allow no more than 256 characters. Better to break up your matches into separate groups, but more importantly, use regex to reduce the number of "words" you need to put in.
Is there a limit on how many words you can do in match. I put 400 words in and when i started server it gave me an invalid regex error. Any ideas. Thanks
@handicraftsman
yup :3
epic plugin, work on !
I'm confused on what the + does... but i know [ ] means a space between the words.
Some one explain to me???
@LukeHandle
This is fixed in the 1.8.0 download, and the command was changed to just "/pfreload" instead of the longer to type "pwnfilter reload".
@saskwashable
You're never going to be able to catch everything with any anticurse plugin... people will always find a way to evade it. Consider something like this as extremely vulgar and offense, a filter will never catch it - I'm going to stick my one-eyed purple headed monster up your rainbow parade loving sphincter hole. - Filters are just there to do their best... if people are evading that badly you need moderators and some swift bans/muting.
Can you allow "pwnfilter reload" as a console command?
Thank you!
@tremor77
thanks, but people can now just type something like f &f ag This is my paid rank that is allowed color chat. How can this be fixed? also _ and @ and & I'm pretty positive there are more than just that.
@Typhome
1.8.0 will work with R2.0 - i've been a bit busy the last week but I'll get a full R2 out as soon as I can and maybe with some more new features.
@saskwashable
It's definitely going to require some more regex rules you could start by identifying the words most often used like this, and using the OR function of regex. Something like - F(a|4)GG(a|0)(t|7)
While you can build a filter that is very inclusive, i've found there is still no substitute for having a few staff members on hand to watch over chat.
How can I block things like F4GG07? I mean, I know how to block it, but I don't feel like retyping alphanumeric alternates for every single word. how can I state:
When new update to 1.3.1-R2.0?
@tremor77
Can you add command to clean own chat ? :P
@Adrenalineq
It's enough empty broadcast to push all the chat beyond the saved scroll area, the console blank lines are an unfortunate side effect. There is no other way to clear the previous chat that I can think of, other than pushing a whole bunch of blank chat to the client.
@netherfoam
use the /b regex for exact word matches.. you can also do some matching with whitespace or lookaheads.. check the RegExr link I posted on the sample rules page, its a reallyhandy tool.
@tremor77
Do you can update your command /pfcls ? because it dont clear chat but create a lot of empty lines :s and when i look at console i see only :
So far pretty awesome,
But how can I detect a word? E.g. password should not be censored, but ass should be censored. If I want to censor ass, then i'll end up censoring pass. So how do I say it requires a space before and after?
Thank you again for this plugin and your work. It is a fantastic addition to any server!
I think the problem is that it doesnt work with PEX.
In PEX (PermissionsEx) '- -pwnfilter.bypass' is false with the two hypens.
It does however work with PermissionBukkit.