PEX and ChatEx Prefixes

Hello there, I've been setting up a server recently and encountered this bit of trouble I cannot fix.

I have 3 plugins with control over prefixes: PermissionsEX, ChatEx, and Villages.
From what I've been troubleshooting, Villages has nothing to do with the problem.

To clarify my problem: when ChatEX is enabled, it takes the prefix from a desired group, and prints it twice. I fixed this by disabling ChatEx, but now only one prefix appears.

For example, the following code is taken from my permissons.yml

Code:

users:
    MrHippocrit:
        group:
        - VIP
        - Moderator
    PrinceVade:
        prefix: '&7[&4Akatosh&7] '
        group:
        - Aedra
groups:
    default:
        default: true
        options:
            rank: '1000'
        permissions:
    Member:
        prefix: '&7[&8M&7ember&7] '
        permissions:
        options:
            rank: '900'
    VIP:
        prefix: '&7[&eVIP&7] '
        permissions:
        options:
            rank: '800'
    Moderator:
        prefix: '&7[&1Moderator&7] '
        permissions:
        options:
            rank: '100'
    Aedra:
        prefix: '&7[&0Admin&7] '
        permissions:
        - '*'
        options:
            rank: '1'

So, the user "mrhippocrit" should has his name displayed in the chat as " [VIP][Moderator] mrhippocrit " but, it only displays his name as
" [VIP] mrhippocrit "
Similarly, PrinceVade's name displays as " [Akatosh] PrinceVade " and not adding the Admin prefix.
There are no permissions cause I am not gonna set and test them until later, btw.

Here is my ChatEx config:

Code:

enable: false
message-format: '%prefix%player%suffix: %message'
global-message-format: '&9[%world] %player%suffix: &e%message'
ranged-mode: false
chat-range: 100.0
multi-prefixes: true
multi-suffixes: false
prepend-player-prefix: false
prepend-player-suffix: false

I've tried setting the multi-prefixes to true and false, with no change.

Here's my Villages config.yml just in case something is wrong here and I just don't know it.

Code:

debug: false
# What worlds to use the Villages plugin in.
worlds:
- Fuckyouhippo
- Fuckyouhippo_nether
 
- Fuckyouhippo_the_end
 
- FlatTest
- FlatTest_nether
- FlatTest_the_end
# MySQL Server Settings
sql:
  use: false
  host: localhost
  port: '3306'
  username: root
  password: password
  database: minecraft
  prefix: Villages
# Colors and Other chat things to use with the plugin.
colors:
  default: '&7'
  important: '&9'
  error: '&c'
  prefix:
    chat: true
    messages: '&9[&7Villages&9]'
    village: '&9[&7%v%&9]'
    wilderness: Wilderness
  players:
    friend: '&a'
    foe: '&4'
# Various Protection settings for inside the Wilderness and/or Villages
protection:
  grief:
    village:
      use: true
      break: false
      place: false
      mine: false
      tnt: false
    wilderness:
      use: true
      break: true
      place: true
      mine: true
      tnt: false
  pvp:
    village:
      samevillage: false
      differentvillage: true
      notinvillage: false
    wilderness:
      samevillage: false
      differentvillage: true
      notinvillage: false
  mobspawning:
    village:
      Creeper: false
      Skeleton: true
      Spider: true
    wilderness:
      Creeper: true
      Skeleton: true
      Spider: true
  # Note! this are Players Attacking mobs, true to disable, false to enable
  mobattacking:
    village:
      CREEPER: true
      SKELETON: true
      SPIDER: true
    wilderness:
      CREEPER: false
      SKELETON: false
      SPIDER: false
# Additional Plugin Hooking Features such as 
# WorldGuard region checking and TagAPI Player names.
plugins:
  worldguard: true
  tagapi: true
  herochat: true
  vault: true
# Other Villages Features
features:
  lists:
    topvillages: true
    villagemembers: true
    taxday: true
  cyclespeed: 60
  banks:
    item: true
    money: true
  plots: true
  updates: true
  expand:
    # Swap between CHUNK for Per-Chunk Claiming, and 
    # CLASSIC for Classic Chunk Claiming
    method: CLASSIC
  # Enable Plugin load GUI Screen
  guiscreen: true
  # Various Command Aliases (make the commands shorter)
  aliases:
    village:
    - v
    - town
    - city
  #Use Larger maps (everything is scaled down half size)
  largemaps: false
# Set various costs
costs:
  createvillage: 5000
  expandvillage: 1000
# What Money will be refunded from certain things
refund:
  closevillage: 1500
  closevillageperchunk: 100
# Various Messages that can be used.
messages:
  names:
    wilderness: Wilderness
  village:
    youenter: true
    friendlyenters: false
    othervillage: false
    wilderness: false
  wilderness:
    youenter: true
    friendlyenters: false
    othervillage: false
    wilderness: false
# Commands to be run, and when to run them.
commands:
  village:
    created:
    - say You created a village!
    deleted:
    - say Your village has been disbanded.
    playeradded:
    - say The village's population has increased by 1.
    playerremoved:
    - say The village's population has decreased by 1.
    expand:
    - say The village has been expanded!

Please let me know if you can see an error here, or whatever may be the issue.
If nobody knows the issue, than maybe a very reliable alternative plugin to ChatEx? I've tried Essentialschat, but I couldn't find what I needed to config it.
Thanks in advance for the help.

I'd really like some assistance here. Problem has persisted for a few days now.

EDIT by Moderator: merged posts, please use the edit button instead of double posting.

 

PrinceVade I would recommend removing ChatEX and instead have a prefix and suffix for your ranks, therefore it won't be as confusing and you will have one less plugin

 

From my understanding, I needed a chat-related plugin in order to display prefixes and suffixes.
They never displayed before without it.
And could you elaborate on "have a prefix and suffix for your ranks" maybe even give an example?

 

EX. "<prefix> Niknea <suffix>: Hey everyone!" You can get the prefix by typing "/pex group <group name> prefix <prefix>", and for the suffix you would type "/pex group <group name> suffix <suffix>"