Install plugins on your Minecraft server

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Plugins add features, commands and optimizations to your server without your players installing anything. The game panel installs them for you.

What you'll do

Before you start

Open the Plugins menu
Section titled “Open the Plugins menu”

In the panel’s left menu go to More → Plugins.
Choose a provider
Section titled “Choose a provider”

Pick a provider at the top. The panel filters results on your server’s version and loader.
- Modrinth: modern, open source, clean search. Our default.
- SpigotMC: the classic, largest library.
- CurseForge: known from mods and modpacks.
Search and install
Section titled “Search and install”

Search for the plugin and click the download icon. In this example we install Teak’s Tweaks, 150+ toggleable tweaks such as disabling mob griefing. Pick the version that matches your server and click Install plugin.
Restart and check
Section titled “Restart and check”

Click Installed Plugins at the top right to see the list. Then Restart the server; the console shows the plugin enabling at startup. The .jar file is in Files → plugins.

Permissions: use LuckPerms to decide which commands players and staff may use.
Plugins that need a port, such as Dynmap or voice chat, need an extra port. Open a ticket and we add one.
Server won’t start after a plugin? Remove the .jar from plugins/, start again, and check the plugin’s supported versions.