plugin.yml fields

plugin.yml is a manifest file which contains information about a plugin.

Required fields

name

Type: string

Name of the plugin. This may contain letters, numbers, hyphens, periods and underscores. It may also contain spaces, but this is discouraged.

version

Type: string

Self explanatory. It’s recommended to use a 3-point semantic version, but this can be anything you like.

main

Type: string

Fully-qualified name of the main class. This class must meet the following criteria:

• MUST NOT be abstract
• MUST implement the pocketmine\plugin\Plugin interface

api

Type: string or string[]

The API version(s) that the plugin is compatible with. If the plugin’s API version is not compatible with that of the server, the server will refuse to load the plugin. More info on API versioning can be found here <api_version_spec>.

Optional fields

Cosmetic

website

Type: string

Website for the plugin.

description

Type: string

Short description of the plugin.

prefix

Type: string

Alternative prefix to use in the plugin’s log messages. Defaults to the plugin name.

author

Type: string

Author name of the plugin.

authors

Type: string[]

A list of author names, if there are more than one. If both author and authors are defined, a list will be formed containing both.

Plugin loading controls

load

Type: string

When in the startup sequence to call the plugin’s onEnable(). Default is POSTWORLD.

Value	When onEnable() will be called
STARTUP	Directly before any world is loaded
POSTWORLD	After all worlds declared in server.properties and pocketmine.yml are loaded

Tip

If you need to use STARTUP, but also need to run code when worlds are loaded, consider using WorldLoadEvent.

depend

Type: string or string[]

List of plugins that this plugin depends on. Plugin will not load if any of these plugins are missing.

softdepend

Type: string or string[]

List of plugins that the plugin can optionally depend on. Plugins in this list must load prior to the plugin soft-depending on them.

loadbefore

Type: string or string[]

List of plugins that this plugin must load prior to. Works like a soft-dependency in reverse.

extensions

Type: array

List of PHP extensions that the plugin requires. Plugin will not load if any are missing or have unmet version constraints. TODO: examples

mcpe-protocol

Type: int or int[]

List of Minecraft PE network protocol versions the plugin is compatible with. Plugin will fail to load if the current server protocol version is not in this list.

os

Added in version 3.12.0.

Type: string or string[]

List of operating systems that the plugin will run on. If not present, the plugin will load on any OS. Possible values include win, mac, linux, android, ios, bsd.

Misc

commands

Type: array

Definitions of commands implemented by this plugin in the onCommand() of the PluginBase.

Example:

commands:
  # The name of the command the user will type to execute it
  example:
    # Description that will be shown in help command
    description: Example command
    # Shown to the user if they type the command in incorrectly
    usage: "/example"
    aliases:
      - ex
      - examp
    # Permission required to run the command
    permission: exampleperm.command.example
    # Shown to the user if they don't have permission to run the command
    permission-message: "You do not have permission to use this example command!"

permissions

Type: array

List of permissions defined by this plugin, usually used for commands.

Example:

permissions:
  exampleperm.command.example:
    description: "Allows the user to run the example command"
    # Default state of the permission. Explanation of each value:
    # op: only op players have this permission by default
    # true: everyone has this permission by default
    # false: no one has this permission by default
    default: true

src-namespace-prefix

Added in version 4.0.0.

Type: string

Base namespace of the classes in your src/ folder. Defaults to empty string.

This allows you to have a longer namespace for your classes without having to create useless nested folders in your plugin structure.

Examples:

Value of src-namespace-prefix	Name of class including namespace	Path class will be loaded from
(empty)	YourName\PluginName\Main	src/YourName/PluginName/Main.php
	YourName\PluginName\SubNamespace\OtherClass	src/YourName/PluginName/SubNamespace/OtherClass.php
YourName\PluginName	YourName\PluginName\Main	src/Main.php
	YourName\PluginName\SubNamespace\OtherClass	src/SubNamespace/OtherClass.php