Installing plugins

Plugins require a Bukkit-family server (Paper is recommended). Vanilla Minecraft does not load plugins — create the server as Paper first.

Picking Paper

Choose Paper in the Minecraft type step when creating the server. Self-serve switching from Vanilla or a mod loader to Paper is not exposed yet; if you need to convert an existing server, open a support ticket first so we can help you back it up.

Installing from CurseForge

1. Open the server, then go to Mods & Plugins.
2. Select Plugins.
3. Search the CurseForge/Bukkit catalog.
4. Select a project, pick a compatible file, and click Install to plugins/.
5. Restart the server so the plugin loads.

The page also shows installed plugins and lets you remove catalog-installed or detected files.

Manual plugin upload

If a plugin is not available through the catalog, download the plugin's .jar from its official source, open Files → plugins/, upload the file, and restart the server. Browser uploads are limited to 100 MB per file during beta.

The plugin will create a config folder under plugins/<name>/ on first run.

Where to get plugins

• Hangar — Paper's official plugin index.
• SpigotMC — large catalog, varying quality. Be cautious with paid resources and unknown authors.

Avoid plugins from random Discords or YouTube tutorials — supply chain risk is real.

Plugin recommendations

See Plugin recommendations.