User Commands

Manage individual players. Replace <user> with a player name or UUID.


/pex users list

Syntax: /pex users list

Lists every user record stored in the backend.

/pex users list

/pex user <user>

Syntax: /pex user <user>

Shows a summary: groups, prefix, suffix, and key options.

/pex user Steve
/pex user 069a79f4-44e9-4726-a5be-fca90e38aaf5

/pex user <user> list

Syntax: /pex user <user> list [world]

Lists all effective permissions for the user. Add a world name for world-scoped view.

/pex user Steve list
/pex user Steve list world_nether

/pex user <user> check

Syntax: /pex user <user> check <permission> [world]

Tests whether the user has a specific permission node. Returns yes/no with the matching expression.

/pex user Steve check essentials.fly
/pex user Steve check essentials.fly world_nether
/pex user Steve check permissions.user

/pex user <user> add

Syntax: /pex user <user> add <permission> [world]

Grants a permission directly to the user (not via a group). Use for one-off exceptions.

/pex user Steve add essentials.home
/pex user Steve add essentials.fly world_nether
/pex user Steve add -essentials.ban

Negation: prefix with - to explicitly deny.


/pex user <user> remove

Syntax: /pex user <user> remove <permission> [world]

Removes a directly-assigned permission.

/pex user Steve remove essentials.home
/pex user Steve remove essentials.fly world_nether

Does not remove permissions inherited from groups.


/pex user <user> timed add

Syntax: /pex user <user> timed add <permission> <lifetime> [world]

Grants a permission that expires automatically.

Lifetime Meaning
30s 30 seconds
5m 5 minutes
2h 2 hours
7d 7 days
/pex user Steve timed add essentials.fly 7d
/pex user Steve timed add essentials.god 30m world_nether

/pex user <user> timed remove

Syntax: /pex user <user> timed remove <permission> [world]

Removes an active timed permission before it expires.

/pex user Steve timed remove essentials.fly

/pex user <user> group list

Syntax: /pex user <user> group list [world]

Shows all groups the user belongs to.

/pex user Steve group list
/pex user Steve group list world_nether

/pex user <user> group add

Syntax: /pex user <user> group add <group> [world] [lifetime]

Adds the user to a group. Optional lifetime makes membership temporary.

/pex user Steve group add vip
/pex user Steve group add vip world_nether
/pex user Steve group add trial 7d

/pex user <user> group set

Syntax: /pex user <user> group set <group> [world]

Replaces all group memberships with a single group. The most common way to “rank” a player.

/pex user Steve group set admin
/pex user Steve group set default
/pex user NewPlayer group set member

/pex user <user> group remove

Syntax: /pex user <user> group remove <group> [world]

Removes the user from one group without affecting other memberships.

/pex user Steve group remove vip

/pex user <user> prefix / suffix

Syntax: /pex user <user> prefix [newprefix] [world]

Get or set the user’s chat prefix. Omit newprefix to read the current value.

/pex user Steve prefix
/pex user Steve prefix &b[Builder]
/pex user Steve prefix &6[VIP] world_nether

Suffix works the same: /pex user <user> suffix [newsuffix] [world]

See Prefix & Meta.


/pex user <user> set / get

Syntax: /pex user <user> set <option> <value> [world]

Set or read custom option key-value pairs.

/pex user Steve set nickname "Big S"
/pex user Steve get nickname

/pex user <user> delete

Syntax: /pex user <user> delete

Permanently deletes the user’s record. They will be re-created on next join if createUserRecords is enabled.

/pex user Steve delete

/pex users cleanup

Syntax: /pex users cleanup <group> [threshold]

Removes user records in a group that have been inactive for the threshold (days).

/pex users cleanup trial 30

/pex user <user> toggle debug

Syntax: /pex user <user> toggle debug

Enables permission-resolution debug logging for one player only.

/pex user Steve toggle debug

/pex user <user> superperms

Syntax: /pex user <user> superperms

Shows the Bukkit superperms attachment state (Spigot/Paper only). Useful for troubleshooting.

/pex user Steve superperms