# FirstGreeter – Reward Players for Welcoming New Members! \ud83c\udf89<\/p>\n
**Automatically reward the first player to welcome new joiners to your server.**<\/p>\n
FirstGreeter creates a welcoming community by rewarding players who greet newcomers first. With persistent leaderboards, customizable rewards, and flexible cooldowns, this plugin encourages positive first impressions.<\/p>\n
## \ud83c\udfaf Features<\/p>\n
\u2705 **First-to-Welcome System** – Fastest greeter gets the reward
\n\u2705 **Customizable Rewards** – Execute any command (economy, items, XP, permissions)
\n\u2705 **Persistent Leaderboards** – Track top welcomers across restarts
\n\u2705 **Smart Detection** – Multiple welcome phrases supported
\n\u2705 **Cooldown System** – Per-player and global cooldown options
\n\u2705 **Admin Tools** – Stats, reset, and management commands
\n\u2705 **Hot Reload** – Update config without restart
\n\u2705 **Multi-Version** – Minecraft 1.8 – 1.21+
\n\u2705 **Lightweight** – JSON storage, no database needed <\/p>\n
## \ud83d\udca1 How It Works<\/p>\n
1. New player joins server
\n2. First person to type “welcome [name]” gets rewarded
\n3. Leaderboard tracks top welcomers
\n4. Cooldowns prevent spam<\/p>\n
**Example:**
\nPlayer joins \u2192 “welcome Steve!” \u2192 Reward given! \ud83d\udc8e<\/p>\n
## \ud83d\ude80 Quick Start<\/p>\n
1. Drop JAR into plugins\/ folder
\n2. Restart server
\n3. Customize plugins\/FirstGreeter\/config.yml
\n4. Use \/fg reload to apply changes<\/p>\n
## \ud83c\udfae Commands<\/p>\n
– \/fg leaderboard [page] – View top welcomers **Aliases:** \/fg, \/firstgreeter, \/greeter<\/p>\n ## \ud83d\udd10 Permissions<\/p>\n – firstgreeter.use – Basic commands (default: true) ## \ud83c\udfc6 Leaderboard Rankings<\/p>\n \ud83e\udd47 **Gold** – #1 welcomer ## \ud83d\udd17 Compatibility<\/p>\n **Server:** PaperMC, Spigot, Purpur Works with Vault, LuckPerms, EssentialsX, and all economy plugins!<\/p>\n ## \u2699\ufe0f Simple Config<\/p>\n “`yaml rewards: cooldown: **Build a welcoming community today! \ud83c\udf1f**<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A Minecraft plugin that rewards the first player to welcome new joiners, featuring persistent leaderboards, customizable command-based rewards, smart cooldown systems, and full configuration options to build a friendly server community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":70433,"template":"","meta":{"_minecraft_slug":"firstgreeter","_minecraft_project_id":"RvlvlCnL","_minecraft_author":"Horizonce","_minecraft_license":"LicenseRef-All-Rights-Reserved","_minecraft_downloads":80,"_minecraft_follows":0,"_minecraft_client_side":"unsupported","_minecraft_server_side":"required","_minecraft_storage_type":"zip","_minecraft_archive_name":"firstgreeter.zip","_minecraft_size_bytes":248435,"_minecraft_version_count":1,"_minecraft_updated_at":"2026-05-15T20:11:59.873839Z","_minecraft_date_created":"2025-10-22T03:37:37.670095Z","_minecraft_date_modified":"2025-10-17T11:59:01.876566Z","_minecraft_project_url":"https:\/\/modrinth.com\/mod\/firstgreeter","_minecraft_icon_attachment_id":70433,"_minecraft_imported_at":"2026-06-04T00:12:14+00:00","_minecraft_import_hash":"ac04de4a2439191307945fe54ac0c4bc","_minecraft_versions":"","_minecraft_links":"","_minecraft_gallery":"","_minecraft_api_metadata":""},"mod_category":[844,126,127,128,867,129],"mod_loader":[132,133,134],"minecraft_version":[339,340,341,357,359,360,379,382,385,438,446,449,110,111,112,113,114,115,116,117,118,119,120,46,47,48,49,50,51,52,53,54,55,56,57,58,59,36,60,93,94,101,102,62,37,40,73,74,38,78,79,80,81,82,22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29,30,31,860,861,862,863,864],"class_list":["post-70432","mod","type-mod","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","mod_category-economy","mod_category-management","mod_category-paper","mod_category-purpur","mod_category-social","mod_category-spigot","mod_loader-paper","mod_loader-purpur","mod_loader-spigot","minecraft_version-1-10","minecraft_version-1-10-1","minecraft_version-1-10-2","minecraft_version-1-11","minecraft_version-1-11-1","minecraft_version-1-11-2","minecraft_version-1-12","minecraft_version-1-12-1","minecraft_version-1-12-2","minecraft_version-1-13","minecraft_version-1-13-1","minecraft_version-1-13-2","minecraft_version-1-14","minecraft_version-1-14-1","minecraft_version-1-14-2","minecraft_version-1-14-3","minecraft_version-1-14-4","minecraft_version-1-15","minecraft_version-1-15-1","minecraft_version-1-15-2","minecraft_version-1-16","minecraft_version-1-16-1","minecraft_version-1-16-2","minecraft_version-1-16-3","minecraft_version-1-16-4","minecraft_version-1-16-5","minecraft_version-1-17","minecraft_version-1-17-1","minecraft_version-1-18","minecraft_version-1-18-1","minecraft_version-1-18-2","minecraft_version-1-19","minecraft_version-1-19-1","minecraft_version-1-19-2","minecraft_version-1-19-3","minecraft_version-1-19-4","minecraft_version-1-20","minecraft_version-1-20-1","minecraft_version-1-20-2","minecraft_version-1-20-3","minecraft_version-1-20-4","minecraft_version-1-20-5","minecraft_version-1-20-6","minecraft_version-1-21","minecraft_version-1-21-1","minecraft_version-1-21-10","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","minecraft_version-1-8","minecraft_version-1-8-1","minecraft_version-1-8-2","minecraft_version-1-8-3","minecraft_version-1-8-4","minecraft_version-1-8-5","minecraft_version-1-8-6","minecraft_version-1-8-7","minecraft_version-1-8-8","minecraft_version-1-8-9","minecraft_version-1-9","minecraft_version-1-9-1","minecraft_version-1-9-2","minecraft_version-1-9-3","minecraft_version-1-9-4"],"yoast_head":"\n
\n– \/fg stats [player] – View statistics
\n– \/fg reload – Reload config
\n– \/fg reset
\n– firstgreeter.admin – Admin access (default: OP)<\/p>\n
\n\ud83e\udd48 **Silver** – #2 welcomer
\n\ud83e\udd49 **Bronze** – #3 welcomer
\n\u2b50 **Yellow** – Top 10
\n\ud83d\udcac **White** – Everyone else <\/p>\n
\n**Versions:** 1.8 – 1.21+
\n**Java:** 8, 11, 16, 17, 21 <\/p>\n
\nwelcome-detection:
\n phrases: [“welcome”, “wb”, “hello”, “hi”]
\n timeout-seconds: 60<\/p>\n
\n commands:
\n – “give %player% diamond 1”
\n – “eco give %player% 100”<\/p>\n
\n per-player-enabled: true
\n per-player-seconds: 300
\n“`<\/p>\n