# PopAuth<\/p>\n
A simple, no-nonsense authentication plugin for Paper servers. No IP tracking, no antibo, no bloat \u2014 just a password.<\/p>\n
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## Requirements<\/p>\n
– Paper 1.21+
\n– Java 21<\/p>\n
—<\/p>\n
## Commands<\/p>\n
| Command | Description | —<\/p>\n ## Permissions<\/p>\n | Permission | Description | Default | —<\/p>\n ## Configuration<\/p>\n **config.yml** **players.yml** \u2014 managed automatically, no need to touch it. —<\/p>\n ## Behaviour<\/p>\n – On join, the player is frozen: blindness, adventure mode, no movement, chat blocked, inventory locked. —<\/p>\n ## Links<\/p>\n Made by ItzPopelka | Published on Modrinth | Donate me on PayPal<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A simple, no-nonsense authentication plugin for Paper servers. No IP tracking, no antibot, no bloat \u2014 just a password.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":123838,"template":"","meta":{"_minecraft_slug":"popauth","_minecraft_project_id":"Yal6W6nW","_minecraft_author":"itzpopelka","_minecraft_license":"MIT","_minecraft_downloads":24,"_minecraft_follows":1,"_minecraft_client_side":"unsupported","_minecraft_server_side":"required","_minecraft_storage_type":"zip","_minecraft_archive_name":"popauth.zip","_minecraft_size_bytes":12562,"_minecraft_version_count":1,"_minecraft_updated_at":"2026-05-15T22:20:27.020172Z","_minecraft_date_created":"2026-03-11T04:13:45.089471Z","_minecraft_date_modified":"2026-03-21T07:23:10.355068Z","_minecraft_project_url":"https:\/\/modrinth.com\/mod\/popauth","_minecraft_icon_attachment_id":123838,"_minecraft_imported_at":"2026-06-07T06:44:28+00:00","_minecraft_import_hash":"57f6ea059fe7c93dc3004b7c1687c4bd","_minecraft_versions":"","_minecraft_links":"","_minecraft_gallery":"","_minecraft_api_metadata":""},"mod_category":[126,127,123,92],"mod_loader":[132],"minecraft_version":[62,37,40,41,73,74,38,78,79,80,81,82],"class_list":["post-123837","mod","type-mod","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","mod_category-management","mod_category-paper","mod_category-technology","mod_category-utility","mod_loader-paper","minecraft_version-1-21","minecraft_version-1-21-1","minecraft_version-1-21-10","minecraft_version-1-21-11","minecraft_version-1-21-2","minecraft_version-1-21-3","minecraft_version-1-21-4","minecraft_version-1-21-5","minecraft_version-1-21-6","minecraft_version-1-21-7","minecraft_version-1-21-8","minecraft_version-1-21-9"],"yoast_head":"\n
\n|—|—|
\n| `\/register
\n| `\/login
\n| `\/fastlogin` | Toggle fast login (skips login on join) |
\n| `\/fastlogin Y\/N` | Confirm or cancel fast login toggle |
\n| `\/popauth help` | Show help |
\n| `\/popauth reload` | Reload config and players.yml |<\/p>\n
\n|—|—|—|
\n| `popauth.admin` | Access to `\/popauth` commands | OP |<\/p>\n
\n“`yaml
\npassword:
\n min-length: 4
\n max-length: 32
\npremium: true
\n“`<\/p>\n
\n“`yaml
\nTheo8:
\n password: biggestBird
\n fastlogin: false
\n“`<\/p>\n
\n– If the player does not authenticate within 30 seconds, they are kicked.
\n– Fast login skips the login prompt entirely on every subsequent join.<\/p>\n