PermissionsExPlus

Inheritance

Inheritance lets groups reuse permissions from other groups. Instead of copying the same nodes into every group, you declare a parent and the child gets everything the parent has.

How it works

default ──► member ──► vip ──► admin
  • member inherits default → gets modifyworld + member’s own nodes
  • vip inherits member → gets default + member + vip nodes
  • admin inherits vip → gets the full chain + admin nodes

A player in admin receives permissions from all ancestors, not just the direct parent.

Set up inheritance

At group creation — pass parent names:

/pex group member create default
/pex group vip create member
/pex group admin create vip

After creation — manage parents:

/pex group vip parents add member
/pex group vip parents list
/pex group vip parents set member default
/pex group vip parents remove default

In permissions.yml

groups:
  default:
    default: true
    permissions:
      - modifyworld
  vip:
    inheritance:
      - default
    permissions:
      - essentials.fly
  admin:
    inheritance:
      - vip
    permissions:
      - permissions.*

Multiple parents

A group can inherit from several parents:

/pex group builder parents set default creative

The child gets permissions from both default and creative.

World-scoped inheritance

Parents can differ per world:

/pex group vip parents add default
/pex group vip parents add premium world_nether

See Context & Worlds.

Common mistakes

Mistake Fix
Circular inheritance (A → B → A) PEX rejects cycles — use a linear chain
Copying all permissions into every group Use inheritance instead
Forgetting the default group Set one group as default

Inspect the tree

/pex hierarchy
/pex hierarchy world_nether
/pex group admin parents