Can this please be added

Lightning and bats (and other effects) are disabled by default. They only occur on login if you specifically grant the permission nodes.

Adding a second set of ways to disable them, especially when they're disabled by default, would be counterproductive.

Yes, But people give them * permissions and I am not the only one who complains about there not being a config option to disable effects.

The only reason to grant the '*' node is because you want every single permission node. You clearly do not.

I think what you're actually looking for is granting yourself OP. With OP, you get every single permission node except the ones that plugin authors such as myself have defined as "do not grant this to OP."