What’s new

• Minecraft support: 1.20 -> 1.21+
• Java 17 required
• Optional integrations
• ProtocolLib v5.4.0: improved hiding behavior and fully silent containers (packet-level suppression)
• PlaceholderAPI v2.12.2: %vanish_...% placeholders
• Dynmap: hide vanished players from the map
• New overview commands
• /vanish permissions - permissions overview
• /vanish placeholders - placeholder overview
• /vanish info - improved plugin/build info (stable build-id per jar)

Improvements

• Redesigned "premium" chat layout (cleaner header/footers, aligned formatting)
• Pagination for longer outputs (less chat spam; Prev/Next only shown when applicable)
• GUI polish
• consistent new GUI design
• paging fixed for /vanish sound (and matching robustness applied so navigation works reliably)

Fixes

• Silent containers expanded/fixed
• barrel and shulker open/close sound suppression
• barrel and shulker animation suppression (best-effort via packet filtering)
• silent-container flow now correctly activates for barrels as well
• More stable GUI clicking
• improved null-safety in click handling to prevent edge-case NPEs

Notes for server owners

• Recommended: backup, then delete plugins/Vanish/ before updating to v3.0.0 to avoid old config/data conflicts.
• Install ProtocolLib v5.4.0 for the best vanish accuracy and silent-container behavoir.
• Install PlaceholderAPI v2.12.2 only if you use placeholders.
• Install Dynmap only if you want vanished players hidden on the dynmap.