SpongeRestore
SpongeRestore - Bring back the functionality of sponges
This plugin merely makes sponges craftable and useable again. By default it is meant to replicate how sponges worked in past versions of Minecraft. This plugin also lets you give sponges extended function through configurable options.
Default crafting recipe:

Comments, suggestions and bug reports are all welcome.
Features:
- Plug-N-Play (Works right out of the box!)
- By default, sponges can be crafted using sand and string in a checker pattern. (Sand in center)
- Sponge crafting can be toggled for other plugins. Or you can choose your own crafting recipe.
- Upon placing a sponge, water is removed from a 5x5x5 block area. This radius is editable in the configuration file.
- You choose whether or not water can be placed in the area while a sponge is there.
- Evolving configuration file. It updates itself with each release, while still maintaining your past settings.
- Multi-world support: You can choose which worlds sponges work in.
- Saves the areas in which sponges block water for server reboots at the same time the worlds save.
- Works with lava and fire also! Perfect for anti-griefing! (Can be toggled in configuration)
- You can enable the sponges that were placed before this plugin was installed by using, "/sponge enable target" while looking directly the sponge.
- You have the option to allow the water to be fully restored after a sponge is removed. You can repair oceans and beaches! (No more ugly cascades or currents!)
- You can choose whether or not pistons can move sponges. Sponges work fine with pistons.
Source Code <- Here you can view development progress.
Permission nodes:
- spongerestore.enable - Can use the "/sponge enable" command.
- spongerestore.disable - Can use the "/sponge disable" command.
- spongerestore.clear - Can use the "/sponge clear" command.
- spongerestore.clear.all - Can clear whole worlds of sponges using: "/sponge clear world <worldname>" or "/sponge clear all"
In-Progress/To-Do:
- Redstone control. [Causing major issues, need more time to work on it]
- More dynamic multi-world support.
- Make sheers break the block faster [Still in observation]
- Naturally occurring sponges [I'll eventually look into this...]
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Posted Aug 11, 2012Hey devil boy.. want to do what we talked about back in may? :S
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Posted Aug 9, 2012@Deoxys3560
I have no idea. I don't use it XD
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Posted Aug 9, 2012"In-Progress/To-Do: Redstone control. [Causing major issues, need more time to work on it] More dynamic multi-world support. Make sheers break the block faster [Still in observation] Naturally occurring sponges [I'll eventually look into this...]"
I am not a big fan on Naturally occurring sponges, rather admin allowance for naturally occurring or only admin provides sponges on request to responsible people, because I already have a mod that disallows crafting certain items so I wouldn't have problems there... but I'm just trying to prevent any abuse at all
Can I assume this works for Tekkit Mod Pack?
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Posted May 14, 2012@Devil_Boy
I think it's been broken since the whole R5 BS API change and whatnot. I'd really appreciate if you'd fix it, but if not I guess I can wait..
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Posted May 14, 2012@GioboiMC
Yea.... I think the world exclusion was forgotten awhile back O.o
This old plugin has been waiting for a recode. Hopefully the new MineCraft API will come out soon. Recoding it for Bukkit will be more work than gain.
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Posted May 14, 2012@Devil_Boy
Nope, I've tried doing it many diff ways this is the last one I tried:
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Posted May 14, 2012@GioboiMC
The "excluded worlds" option isn't working?
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Posted May 14, 2012@Devil_Boy
Actually I was able to fix it with /sr clear selection! :D
But I do have another problem. I can't seem to disable sponges in other worlds..
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Posted May 14, 2012@GioboiMC
Try explaining your problem and using a ticket. You'll probably have to remove the plugin from your server :P
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Posted May 14, 2012@Devil_Boy
Doesn't really work when it's a huge area.. If this doesn't get fixed by the end of the month I'm going to have to stop using the plugin, please fix it! Thanks.
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Posted May 10, 2012@wiiztec
Not recently.
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Posted May 10, 2012Has this been updated?
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Posted May 5, 2012@GioboiMC
Place a sponge back where it used to be. Face it. Then use, "/sponge disable target" multiple times.
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Posted May 5, 2012I sometimes get a glitch on my server where even when someone removes a sponge a ghost of it is still there. You cannot see the ghost but placing water there is impossible. I've tried everything to fix it world edit commands and all, nothing works. Please fix!
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Posted Apr 22, 2012Oh thank you so much for the reply Tux2! Actually even wit h a ton of mods and plugins I have loaded as long as these 3 mods are not together it works great. One of my favorite plugins :)Just have to love all the configuration it gives.
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Posted Apr 22, 2012@weltallofid
Wow, looks like mcpc modded bukkit is having a problem with the crafting recipie... Not really anything we can fix.
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Posted Apr 22, 2012I am getting an error when I run it on my server. I have an mcpc (modded) bukkit though and its version 1.2.3. The error occurs only when spongerestore runs with the combination of Forestry, Equivalent exchange and industrialcraft.
http://pastebin.com/AcjJyMyi
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Posted Mar 29, 2012This is among one of my top liked plugins :)
I do hope you will get the redstone enabler/disabler to work sometime soon. Keep up the good work ;)
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Posted Mar 13, 2012@william0098
Did you even try the plugin at all? Learn to read through the description before posting a comment.
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Posted Mar 13, 2012and i need to know if the plugin will be updated for 1.2.3 soon