diff --git a/src/main/java/com/sk89q/worldguard/bukkit/BukkitUtil.java b/src/main/java/com/sk89q/worldguard/bukkit/BukkitUtil.java
index 7bc4ead5..67f8d789 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/sk89q/worldguard/bukkit/BukkitUtil.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/sk89q/worldguard/bukkit/BukkitUtil.java
@@ -22,13 +22,10 @@
 import java.util.List;
 
 import com.sk89q.worldedit.blocks.BlockType;
+import org.bukkit.*;
 import org.bukkit.block.Block;
 import org.bukkit.entity.Player;
 import org.bukkit.inventory.ItemStack;
-import org.bukkit.Location;
-import org.bukkit.Material;
-import org.bukkit.Server;
-import org.bukkit.World;
 import com.sk89q.worldedit.BlockVector;
 import com.sk89q.worldedit.Vector;
 
@@ -184,4 +181,42 @@ public static void findFreePosition(Player player) {
             y++;
         }
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Replace color macros in a string. The macros are in the form of `[char]
+     * where char represents the color. R is for red, Y is for yellow,
+     * G is for green, C is for cyan, B is for blue, and P is for purple.
+     * The uppercase versions of those are the darker shades, while the
+     * lowercase versions are the lighter shades. For white, it's 'w', and
+     * 0-2 are black, dark grey, and grey, respectively.
+     *
+     * @param str
+     * @return color-coded string
+     */
+    public static String replaceColorMacros(String str) {
+        str = str.replace("&r", ChatColor.RED.toString());
+        str = str.replace("&R", ChatColor.DARK_RED.toString());
+
+        str = str.replace("&y", ChatColor.YELLOW.toString());
+        str = str.replace("&Y", ChatColor.GOLD.toString());
+
+        str = str.replace("&g", ChatColor.GREEN.toString());
+        str = str.replace("&G", ChatColor.DARK_GREEN.toString());
+
+        str = str.replace("&c", ChatColor.AQUA.toString());
+        str = str.replace("&C", ChatColor.DARK_AQUA.toString());
+
+        str = str.replace("&b", ChatColor.BLUE.toString());
+        str = str.replace("&B", ChatColor.DARK_BLUE.toString());
+
+        str = str.replace("&p", ChatColor.LIGHT_PURPLE.toString());
+        str = str.replace("&P", ChatColor.DARK_PURPLE.toString());
+
+        str = str.replace("&0", ChatColor.BLACK.toString());
+        str = str.replace("&1", ChatColor.DARK_GRAY.toString());
+        str = str.replace("&2", ChatColor.GRAY.toString());
+        str = str.replace("&w", ChatColor.WHITE.toString());
+
+        return str;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/sk89q/worldguard/bukkit/WorldGuardPlayerListener.java b/src/main/java/com/sk89q/worldguard/bukkit/WorldGuardPlayerListener.java
index 286cdff9..81f4f12d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/sk89q/worldguard/bukkit/WorldGuardPlayerListener.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/sk89q/worldguard/bukkit/WorldGuardPlayerListener.java
@@ -326,12 +326,16 @@ public void onPlayerMove(PlayerMoveEvent event) {
                 
                 if (state.lastFarewell != null && (farewell == null 
                         || !state.lastFarewell.equals(farewell))) {
-                    player.sendMessage(ChatColor.AQUA + " ** " + state.lastFarewell);
+                    String replacedFarewell = plugin.replaceMacros(
+                            player, BukkitUtil.replaceColorMacros(state.lastFarewell));
+                    player.sendMessage(ChatColor.AQUA + " ** " + replacedFarewell);
                 }
                 
                 if (greeting != null && (state.lastGreeting == null
                         || !state.lastGreeting.equals(greeting))) {
-                    player.sendMessage(ChatColor.AQUA + " ** " + greeting);
+                    String replacedGreeting = plugin.replaceMacros(
+                            player, BukkitUtil.replaceColorMacros(greeting));
+                    player.sendMessage(ChatColor.AQUA + " ** " + replacedGreeting);
                 }
                 
                 if ((notifyLeave == null || !notifyLeave)
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/sk89q/worldguard/bukkit/WorldGuardPlugin.java b/src/main/java/com/sk89q/worldguard/bukkit/WorldGuardPlugin.java
index 2b81146f..2569adc4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/sk89q/worldguard/bukkit/WorldGuardPlugin.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/sk89q/worldguard/bukkit/WorldGuardPlugin.java
@@ -735,4 +735,29 @@ public boolean canBuild(Player player, Location loc) {
     public boolean canBuild(Player player, Block block) {
         return getGlobalRegionManager().canBuild(player, block);
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Replace macros in the text.
+     *
+     * @param sender
+     * @param message
+     * @return
+     */
+    public String replaceMacros(CommandSender sender, String message) {
+        Player[] online = getServer().getOnlinePlayers();
+
+        message = message.replace("%name%", toName(sender));
+        message = message.replace("%id%", toUniqueName(sender));
+
+        if (sender instanceof Player) {
+            Player player = (Player) sender;
+            World world = player.getWorld();
+
+            message = message.replace("%world%", world.getName());
+            message = message.replace("%online%", String.valueOf(online.length));
+            message = message.replace("%health%", String.valueOf(player.getHealth()));
+        }
+
+        return message;
+    }
 }