Mods & Plugins

Servers based on supported templates offer Mod Manager and Plugin Manager tabs: curated installers for popular mods and plugins without manual jar wrangling.

Install a mod or plugin

1. Open the Mod Manager or Plugin Manager tab.
2. Find what you want and select Install.
3. Restart the server so the game loads it.
4. Check the console for load errors — a red stack trace on boot usually names the incompatible mod and the version it wants.

Rules for a stable server

1. Backup first. Mods touch worlds and configs; see backups.
2. Match versions. A plugin built for game version X on server version Y is the top cause of boot failures. The manager usually filters this — manual uploads via Files do not.
3. Add one at a time and restart between additions. Ten mods at once means ten suspects when it crashes.
4. Remove cleanly: uninstall from the manager (or delete the jar) and restart; leftover configs in config/ or plugins/ are harmless but can confuse replacements.

When it breaks

Read the error in the console first — it almost always says which mod failed and why. Then see server issues.