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List of useful/frequently used features

Below is a list of the most frequently requested features.

Permissions

Permissions, in simple terms, determine “what is allowed to do what”. You can learn more about them here.

Economy

You can read more about the economy and plugins that use it (especially shops) here.

Prefixes

You can read more about how to set up prefixes here.

EssentialsX

EssentialsX contains a number of basic server features, such as homes, warps, kits, and so on. However, some people prefer to use individual plugins as EssentialsX provide many unnecessary features they won’t use.

World Pregeneration

To pregenerate a world, use Chunky plugin.

Placeholders

In case you want to display dynamic info (like amount of money, current time, number of kills, …) in a tab or scoreboard, you can achieve that using placeholders. You can learn more about them here.

Customizing tab, scoreboard (or nametag)

In case you want to customize tab, create scoreboard, or edit nametag (e.g. add a prefix next to a player’s name) or even a bossbar, the best solution is to use the TAB plugin (by NEZNAMY), which has everything you need and also provides excellent documentation.

Multiversion support

In case you want to allow connections from a different version than the server version, ViaVersion plugin (and its addons) can be useful. You can learn more about it here.

World management

If you need a plugin to manage multiple worlds, you can use the Multiverse-Core plugin, which also allows you to configure many aspects of the worlds (e.g. disabling mobs, changing difficulty, setting world respawn world and location, etc.).

Player action logging

The CoreProtect is the standard for logging player actions for many years. The plugin allows you to rollback these actions.

Bedrock player support

The Geyser plugin, together with Floodgate, allows connection of players with Bedrock edition of the game.

Punishments (bans)

If you need more sophisticated punishment system than what Vanilla provides, the LibertyBans plugin is an ideal open-source alternative.

Land protection

To protect “server” regions (e.g. spawn), the most commonly used plugin is WorldGuard (WG basics can be found here)

For protecting player builds, the most commonly used plugins are Residence (can be downloaded for free), GriefPrevention, and Lands (paid).

Other

Holograms

To create holograms, check out DecentHolograms plugin - https://modrinth.com/plugin/decentholograms/gallery

To create custom menus, check out DeluxeMenus.

NPCs/armor stands (with commands)

For characters that you can insert commands into, the most commonly used plugin for armor stands is ArmorStandTools and for NPCs Citizens (plugin can be downloaded for free, see plugin description).