Minecraft
Install and configure plugins
Add plugins on Paper, Purpur or Spigot, and what to check when one refuses to load.
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Plugins only work on Paper, Purpur, Spigot and Bukkit. A Forge or Fabric server takes mods instead — the two are not interchangeable, and this is the single most common reason a plugin "does nothing".
- 1Open File manager and go into the plugins folder.
- 2Upload the .jar, or install it from the plugin browser in the panel.
- 3Restart the server — a reload is not enough for a new plugin.
- 4The plugin creates its own folder inside plugins with a config.yml. Edit it there and restart again.
If it does not load, the console says why on startup. The usual causes are a plugin built for a different Minecraft version, or a missing dependency such as Vault or ProtocolLib.