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plugin.yml

Every plugin needs a plugin.yml file to function. The plugin.yml file contains properties and rules which needs to be satisfied for plugins to load properly. For example, if a plugin specifies specific protocol versions in plugin.yml, PocketMine-MP will only load the plugin if one of the protocol versions matches the server protocol version.

By default, PocketMine-MP searches for a plugin.yml inside every plugin and loads them based on the specified properities and rules inside the plugin.yml file. PocketMine-MP will not load a plugin if the server configuration doesn't satisfy with a plugin rule, for example if a plugin depends on another plugin and the other plugin doesn't exists in the server.

In this page, you'll learn how to make a basic functioning plugin.yml file in your plugin, alongside with other advanced and optional rules.

name:

This is where you add the name of your plugin.
Example:

name: YourPluginName

main:

main is where you put the path to the main file in the src folder.
Here are four ways you can make the path:

main: PluginName\YourName\Main
#or
main: YourName\Main
#or
main: YourName\PluginName\Main
#or
main: PluginName\Main
  • "PluginName" : This is your plugin name
  • "YourName" : This is your name

version:

This is where you declare your plugin version. It is recommended to use semantic versioning (x.x/x.x.x).
Example:

version: 1.0.0

api:

This is where you declare your PocketMine-MP API version(s) which is compatible with your plugin.
It should contain the minimum API minor and patch version for every major API version supported by the plugin.
You can declare mutiple API versions by using [].
Example:

api: 3.0.0
# or
api: [3.0.0, 4.0.0]

mcpe-protocol:

This is where you can declare your minecraft protocol version supported by your plugin.
Usually you don't need this, but it is recommended to declare it if you use classes from pocketmine\network\mcpe for compatibility reasons.
You may need to update this if a new Minecraft version released. Example:

mcpe-protocol: 408

author:

This is where you declare your plugin author (usually your name).
Example:

author: YourName

description:

This is where you can declare your plugin description.
Example:

description: YourPluginDesc

commands:

If your plugin uses commands you need to register the commands here.
Example:

commands:
  ExampleCommand:
    description: CommandDesc
    aliases: [CommandAlias]
    permission: example.command

permissions:

If you registered commands (either in plugin.yml or code), you need to declare the permission usage.
Example:

permissions:
  example.command:
    description: PermissionDesc
    default: true

Note:
There are 4 possible values for the default key:

  1. true - Anyone can use the command.
  2. op - Only OP-ped players can use the command.
  3. notop - Only not OP-ped players can use the command.
  4. false - Nobody can use the command (except from console).