Minecraft Plugins & Addons

Per-plugin guides for the ones every server ends up running — permissions, protection, economy, crossplay and more.

Getting started with Minecraft plugins

The map for this whole category — what a plugin is, the software it needs, the install-configure-restart loop every guide here assumes, and which plugin to start with.

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Set up EssentialsX

Install EssentialsX and get the commands players expect — homes, warps, spawn, kits, /msg — plus a tour of config.yml and the two or three settings actually worth changing.

LuckPerms basics

The permissions plugin almost every server runs — groups, permission nodes, and the /lp editor web tool — explained from zero so you can decide who can do what.

Build a rank ladder with LuckPerms

Turn LuckPerms groups into a real ladder — default, member, mod, admin — using inheritance, prefixes, and promotion tracks, so ranks stack instead of repeating themselves.

Roll back grief with CoreProtect

CoreProtect logs who placed and broke every block, so you can inspect history, look up what happened, and roll back grief like it never occurred — the insurance you install before you need it.

Protect regions with WorldGuard

Define a region with a WorldEdit selection, then lock it down — no griefing at spawn, no PvP in safe zones — with WorldGuard flags, step by step.

WorldEdit basics

Select regions and fill, replace, copy, paste, and sculpt terrain in seconds instead of block by block — the essential build tool, with undo that saves you every time.

Vault and a server economy

Vault is the glue that lets your economy, permissions, and shop plugins talk to each other — here's what each piece does and how they connect into a working money system.

ViaVersion explained

Let players on different Minecraft versions join one server — and understand exactly what ViaVersion, ViaBackwards, and ViaRewind do and, just as importantly, what they don't.

Geyser and Floodgate in depth

What Geyser and Floodgate actually do on a Falix server — the preconfigured Version Changer variants, the extra UDP port, the config keys worth knowing, and linked accounts.

Profiling with spark and reading the report

Run the spark profiler while your server lags, then actually read the report it gives you — the call tree, what "% of tick" means, and the culprit patterns you'll recognize.

The bridge plugin that lets other plugins show live values like a player's name, balance, or rank — what expansions are, how to install them, and where placeholders actually appear.

TAB and scoreboards

Give your server a polished tab list and a sidebar scoreboard — rank prefixes, a header and footer, sorted player names, and live stats — with the TAB plugin and PlaceholderAPI.

DiscordSRV — bridge chat to Discord

Link your Minecraft server's chat to a Discord channel both ways with DiscordSRV — the bot token, the channel IDs, the intents, and the account linking that ties players together.

Votifier, server lists, and the Advertise page

Get your server onto voting lists and reward the players who vote — how Votifier receives votes on Falix (including the extra port it needs), plus Falix's own built-in Advertise page.

Holograms and NPCs

Add floating text and clickable characters to your spawn — info holograms, live leaderboards, and NPCs that run commands or send players to warps — with DecentHolograms and Citizens.

The protection stack

The three-plugin combo that keeps a server safe from griefing — WorldGuard to lock down fixed areas, a claims plugin so players protect their own builds, and CoreProtect to undo whatever slips through.

Shape how chat looks and behaves — rank prefixes on every message, separate channels for staff or local talk, and filters that catch spam and swearing — with the plugins that handle each job.

Minigame plugins that run well at this scale

Add minigames to a single server without melting it — which kinds are lightweight, which need a whole network, and the arena-setup pattern they all share.

Custom items and recipes: the basics

How custom-item plugins actually work — the server-side behavior versus the client-side textures, when you need a resource pack, and when a datapack does the job with no plugin at all.

Anti-xray and anti-cheat, honestly

Two different problems, two different tools — the anti-xray already built into Paper, and what anti-cheat plugins can and genuinely can't catch on a small server.

YAML without tears: editing plugin configs

Almost every plugin config is a YAML file, and almost every "my plugin broke" is one wrong space. Learn the handful of rules, how to read the error the console prints, and how the File Manager warns you before you even save.

Diagnosing plugin conflicts by halves

When one plugin out of twenty is crashing your server, don't test them one at a time. Binary-search by halves with the File Manager and find the culprit in a few restarts instead of twenty.

Updating plugins safely

Updates fix bugs and security holes — and occasionally break your config or your world. Here's the back-up-first flow that gets the fixes without the drama, plus how to roll back when an update goes wrong.

Skript: your first script without Java

Write custom server behavior in near-plain English — a welcome message, a simple command — with the Skript plugin. Where scripts live, the reload command, and the stable syntax to start with.

Multiverse: several worlds on one server

Vanilla loads one world; Multiverse loads many and lets players teleport between them. Create, import, and travel between worlds — and how it fits with the panel's Worlds page and the level-name property.