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The ultimate guide to minecraft server plugin installation

31 January 2021

How to install plugins on your Spigot Minecraft Server

If you don’t already have a server, check out this

Note: This guide doesn’t go as deep as the last one. PebbleHost has a Discord Server if you need any help.

1. Setting up tools

All you will need is an open FTP connection. You should have set that up last time.

You’ll only need NP++ and WinSCP connected to your server to continue.

2. Choosing plugins

There are a countless amount of plugins available for your Minecraft server. Personally, I have my server setup for a vanilla-ish experience. Here’s my pl.

Plugins (32): AdvancedBan, AntiVPN, BetterSleeping3, Chunky, ClearLag, CoreProtect, DiscordSRV, dynmap*, Essentials, floodgate-bukkit, Geyser-Spigot, LuckPerms, Marriage, Matrix, mcMMO, Multiverse-Core, Multiverse-Inventories, Multiverse-NetherPortals, OldCombatMechanics, PlaceholderAPI, Plan, PLJRApi, ProtocolLib, ServerUtils, spark, StackMob, SuperVanish, TitleManager, Vault, VentureChat, ViaBackwards, ViaVersion

3. Downloading plugins

There are a few distribution centers for Minecraft Plugins.

There are (of course) more, but these will be where most common plugins are. (Plugins like EssentialsX, mcMMO, and Geyser/Floodgate will have you download the plugins from their own CI.)

4. Installing/Uploading plugins

Once you have your .jar file downloaded, just upload it to the /plugins folder on your server via FTP.

5. Configuring

After starting/restarting your server with the new plugin installed, the plugin will crate a folder in /plugins where it will store it’s data.

Check out this page on configuration. Toodles!

If you need any help, feel free to contact me
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