diff --git a/var/plugins/KickBanDuration.pm b/var/plugins/KickBanDuration.pm
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+package KickBanDuration;
+
+use strict;
+
+use SpadsPluginApi;
+use constant {
+  MAXBANDURATION => 60, #max duration of a kickban in minutes
+};
+
+my $pluginVersion='0.1';
+my $requiredSpadsVersion='0.11.5'; # SPADS itself refuses to load this plugin below this version
+my $maxTestedSpadsVersion='0.13.50'; # highest SPADS version this plugin has actually been verified against
+
+# Set by new(), read by hKickBanDuration() (and onUnload()) as the safe thing to
+# fall back to whenever this logic fails
+my $previousKickBanHandler;
+
+# Access control for kickban is intentionally left untouched, defer to existing kickban handler and permissions
+
+sub getVersion { return $pluginVersion; }
+sub getRequiredSpadsVersion { return $requiredSpadsVersion; }
+
+# On success returns: (1,$playerFilter,$durationMinutes)
+#if not specified then durationMinutes is -1
+# On Failure returns: (0,$errorMessage)
+sub parseKickBanDurationArgs {
+  my $p_params=shift;
+  my $nbParams=scalar(@{$p_params});
+  return (0,'missing player name') if($nbParams < 1); #if no player name was specified, return error
+  return (0,'too many parameters') if($nbParams > 2); #if more than 2 parameters were specified, return error
+  return (1,$p_params->[0],-1) if($nbParams == 1);  #if only one parameter was specified, return success with durationMinutes=-1 to indicate that no duration was specified
+
+  #parse duration parameter, assumes param is in minutes
+  my $duration=$p_params->[1];
+  return (0,"invalid duration \"$duration\", must be a positive integer number of minutes")
+
+      #check that duration is a non-negative int (\d+ already rules out negatives) and at most maxbanduration
+      unless($duration =~ /^\d+$/ && $duration <= MAXBANDURATION);
+  return (1,$p_params->[0],$duration+0);
+}
+
+#when this plugin is loaded, replace the original kickban handler with our own
+sub new {
+  my $class=shift;
+  $previousKickBanHandler=$::spadsCmdHandlers{kickban};
+  my $self={};
+  bless($self,$class);
+  addSpadsCommandHandler({kickban => \&hKickBanDuration},1);
+  slog("Plugin loaded (version $pluginVersion)",3);
+  return $self;
+}
+
+#if this plugin is unloaded, restore the original kickban handler
+sub onUnload {
+  addSpadsCommandHandler({kickban => $previousKickBanHandler},1);
+  slog("Plugin unloaded",3);
+}
+
+#command takes params $source,$user,\@cmd,$checkOnly:
+# source is where the command was sent from (battle/chan/pv/game);
+# user is the name of the player who sent the command;
+# \@cmd is the list of parameters after the command name;
+# $checkOnly is true if we only want to check if the command is valid, without actually executing it
+
+sub hKickBanDuration {
+  my ($source,$user,$p_params,$checkOnly)=@_;
+
+  #compare versions to ensure that we are running on a version of SPADS that is known to be compatible with this plugin. If not, fall back to the original handler.
+  if(::compareVersions($spadsVersion,$maxTestedSpadsVersion) > 0) {
+    slog("KickBanDuration: SPADS $spadsVersion is newer than the last version this plugin was tested against ($maxTestedSpadsVersion); falling back to the original kickban handler",2);
+    return &$previousKickBanHandler($source,$user,$p_params,$checkOnly); #call original function
+  }
+
+  #catch any error raised inside doKickBanDuration and fall back to the original handler instead of propagating it.
+  #note: this only covers unexpected runtime errors - a syntax/parsing error still returns 0 directly, without falling back.
+  #this is intended to catch cases where the original kickban handler changes in a future version of SPADS and is no longer compatible with this plugin
+  my $result=eval { doKickBanDuration($source,$user,$p_params,$checkOnly) };
+  if($@) {
+    slog("KickBanDuration: unexpected error ($@), falling back to the original kickban handler",1);
+    return &$previousKickBanHandler($source,$user,$p_params,$checkOnly);
+  }
+  return $result;
+}
+
+#perform actual kickban with duration, returns the result of the original kickban handler after changing config duration
+sub doKickBanDuration {
+  my ($source,$user,$p_params,$checkOnly)=@_;
+
+  #parse args
+  my ($ok,$playerOrError,$durationMinutes)=parseKickBanDurationArgs($p_params);
+  if(! $ok) { #if there was an error parsing params, surface error code then return 0
+    ::invalidSyntax($user,'kickban',$playerOrError);
+    return 0;
+  }
+
+  #if duration minutes was specified, set the kickBanDuration config value to that duration in
+  #seconds for the duration of this call only, then delegate to the real handler
+  my $p_conf=getSpadsConf();
+  local $p_conf->{kickBanDuration} = $durationMinutes != -1 ? $durationMinutes*60 : $p_conf->{kickBanDuration};
+
+  # If the player already has a ban in place which could have been added by a
+  # previous kickban, replace it below so the new duration actually takes
+  # effect instead of being shadowed by the older entry (see getUserBan's
+  # banType tie-break, which keeps the first matching ban of a given type,
+  # not the newest).
+
+  #resolve the target player by checking that kickban wouldn't error and would resolve to a player's name
+  my $resolveRes = ::hKickBan($source,$user,[$playerOrError],1);
+  return $resolveRes unless(ref($resolveRes) eq 'ARRAY'); #if it doesn't resolve to a name, return the error/failure result unchanged
+  #this early return also prevents unbanning a player over an invalid/ambiguous/not-found kickban call
+  my $bannedUser = $resolveRes->[1];
+
+  #only actually clear anything when this is a real execution, not a checkOnly
+  #syntax/vote pre-check - a pre-check must never have side effects
+  if(! $checkOnly) {
+    #before applying a new ban, remove existing battle type bans for the player if they exist, this is done to override existing bans with the new duration,
+    # Only clear an existing kickban entry if its remaining time is already under the max allowed time for a kickban, otherwise leave it alone.
+    #this is done as an extra check to avoid clearing bans that were set by other means (e.g. a manual ban) that may have a longer duration than the max allowed for a kickban.
+    my $maxClearableRemainingSeconds = MAXBANDURATION*60;
+    my $p_existingBans = getSpadsConfFull()->getDynamicBans(); #get existing ban entries
+    for my $p_banEntry (@{$p_existingBans}) {
+      my ($p_existingUser,$p_existingBanData) = @{$p_banEntry};
+      next unless(defined $p_existingBanData->{banType} && $p_existingBanData->{banType} == 1);
+
+      # search for the player by name or accountId, since the ban entry may have been created by a different name than the one used to issue the kickban command
+      my $isSamePlayer = (defined $p_existingUser->{name} && $p_existingUser->{name} eq $bannedUser)
+                      || (defined $p_existingUser->{accountId} && $p_existingUser->{accountId} =~ /\Q($bannedUser)\E$/);
+      next unless($isSamePlayer);
+
+      #check ban data and make sure it exists and is defined, and that the remaining time is less than the max allowed for a kickban, otherwise leave it alone
+      next unless(exists $p_existingBanData->{endDate} && defined $p_existingBanData->{endDate} && $p_existingBanData->{endDate} ne '');
+      next if($p_existingBanData->{endDate} - time > $maxClearableRemainingSeconds);
+
+      #if all checks pass, remove the existing ban entry to allow the new kickban to be applied with the new duration
+      getSpadsConfFull()->removeBanByHash(getSpadsConfFull()->getBanHash($p_banEntry));
+    }
+  }
+
+  # Now perform the real (re-)ban with the overridden duration already in scope.
+  return ::hKickBan($source,$user,[$playerOrError],$checkOnly);
+}
+
+
+1;
diff --git a/var/plugins/KickBanDurationHelp.dat b/var/plugins/KickBanDurationHelp.dat
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+[kickban]
+!kickban <playerName> [<duration>] - kicks a player from the game and lobby for 15 minutes or for <duration> minutes if specified. <duration> must be between 0 and 60 inclusive
+"!kickban joe" kicks joe for 15 minutes
+"!kickban joe 0" kicks joe, but allows him to rejoin instantly