My essentials config file is nothing like the default one, it only has a seciton for #NOTES, their is not a #CHAT, #ESSENTIALSPROTECT, even though I have these essential plugins downloaded. Here is my essentials config, https://pastebin.com/KA4KnEAR
@Carson1st 1. Unrelated: You are missing the ProtocolLib plugin that is required for the MessageFilter plugin. 2. Have you tried deleting the essentials configuration file and then stopping and starting the server?
I've had this happened to me before as well, it's has something to do with the way they write they're config files. This normally happens after a /reload Sent from my SM-G935P using Tapatalk