NOTE: I decided to release the next update early due to the recent security advisory. If you have not heard the news, a security issue was found in log4j2, the logging library used by Minecraft. All servers (1.8.8-1.18 and maybe servers as low as 1.7/1.6) are advised to update their server jars.

If you use Spigot, please see https://www.spigotmc.org/threads/spigot-security-releases-—-1-8-8–1-18.537204/ for info on how to update.
If you use a different platform, please check their platform for information on this issue and whether or not they have a patch for your server version.

You are also advised to update your client as clients can be vulnerable to this exploit as well! If you use vanilla, just make sure you have your launcher/game closed and a patch should automatically be applied for you. Those that use third-party/modded clients or custom launchers should check for news about that cilent.

Support is still closed until December 10th @ 5 pm Central time. This is considered an urgent update that could not wait until after the pause.

Also, in case some people ask when this plugin will support 1.18: The main library I use for this plugin has updated to support 1.18, but I'm still waiting for 1.18 to be at least a little more stable before testing this plugin on that version (about 1-2 weeks at least).

Enjoy the update! All users are encouraged to update!

• Improved | Removed plugin startup task of setting stored player names in data.db if they weren't already stored as server dumps were created when many users are stored. I forgot to mention this task was in the last update. This task was made to save convenience for both you and players. Now player name storage setting is done when a player joins your server to hopefully help prevent server dumps (meaning, when the player joins your server, we'll check if their current username is stored in their data section, and if not, update/set it in their data section). Thanks, tdvne for bringing this to my attention on the discord!
• Improved | Some more code cleanup.
• Improved | Updated Log4j Spring Cloud dependency due to recent exploit related to Log4j. Figured I would update the dependency related to it to be on the safe side.