Plugins Recommended for Every Minecraft Server:
If you’re new to Sponge selecting plugins or finding Bukkit/Spigot Sponge alternatives for the first time that may be a tough task. To make things easier, we’ve picked out a few of our favorite Sponge plugins which we recommend for any Sponge server!
LuckPerms - Server Permissions Manager - This is a very advanced and reliable permissions plugin for Sponge servers which includes many commands that allow you to easily setup the plugin with groups and permissions!
Nucleus - Miscellaneous Server Functionality - This plugin allows you to add many basic functions to your server including many essential commands, a staff chat, spawn, warps, and more!
WorldEdit - World Manipulation - This plugin adds the ability to easily edit, change, copy, and paste blocks with ease! This plugin also includes a wand and brushes for changing terrain!
FoxGuard - World Protection - This plugin allows you to protect your server and builds you create from being destroyed by other players. With this plugin, you can set region shapes, flags, and more, including enabling/disabling pvp in regions! *Requires FoxCore.
CatClearLag - Optimization - This plugin is useful for keeping excess entities cleared on your server to help reduce and clear server lag. This plugin can help with server performance.
Permissions: *You only need one.
LuckPerms - This is a very advanced and reliable permissions plugin for Sponge servers which includes many commands that allow you to easily setup the plugin with groups and permissions!
PermissionsEx - This is a well-known plugin often used on other server types. This plugin will allow you to create groups and manage permissions on your Sponge server! [Outdated with newer versions of Sponge]
Nucleus - This plugin allows you to add many basic functions to your server including many essential commands, a staff chat, spawn, warps, and more!
EssentialCmds - This is an alternative to Nucleus which also offers many basic commands including homes, warps, and more! [Supports Sponge for 1.10.2 and lower]
Tebex(formally Buycraft) - Formally known as Buycraft, Tebex allows you to setup a highly customizable donation website for your server!
Enjin Plugin - If you own an Enjin website, the Enjin plugin allows you to connect your server to your website, adding more features to your website including monitoring of players online, TPS, a donation store, and more!
Total Economy - This is an all-in-one economy plugin which allows players to manage their money, get jobs, and more!
PieConomy - This is a unique economy plugin which allows you to use items as currency! This plugin includes accounts, multiple currencies, and more!
WorldEdit - This plugin adds the ability to easily edit, change, copy, and paste blocks with ease! This plugin also includes a wand and brushes for changing terrain!
Project Worlds - This plugin allows you to manage, import, copy, and delete worlds on your server! You’re also able to use custom world modifiers with this plugin. This plugin is compatible with several world generation mods!
Project Inventories - This plugin adds per-world-inventory support to your server! With this, you’re able to manage what worlds have what inventory, allowing certain worlds to have different inventories than others!
InventorySync - This is a very specific plugin which can be used in BungeeCord networks consisting of several Sponge servers. This plugin allows you to link inventory, enderchests and more through the use of a MySQL database! *Requires a MySQL database.
VillagerShops - This plugin allows you to setup villagers and other mobs as shops! You’re able to setup infinite shops and players can even setup their own chest shops. *Requires LangSwitch plugin and Mega Menus plugin
CarrotShop - This is a lightweight shop plugin which allows you to easily setup shop signs on your server which players can use to buy and sell items!
FoxGuard - This plugin allows you to protect your server and builds you create from being destroyed by other players. With this plugin, you can set region shapes, flags, and more, including enabling/disabling pvp in regions! *Requires FoxCore.
RedProtect - This plugin is an anti-grief solution, containing chat protection, MySQL support, offline server support, and more!
GriefPrevention - This plugin allows players to use a golden shovel to claim land for themselves! Land is then protected for that player! This allows players to setup and manage their own claim protection. *Requires a permissions plugin.
UniverseGuard2 - This plugin will allow you to easily setup protected regions on your server with many different flags similar to how WorldGuard regions work!
Nations - This is a Towny like plugin which allows you to create your own nations and claim land! Nations include a president, ministers, and allows you to create buyable zones for your citizens!
Eagle Factions - This plugin allows you to create Factions, claim territory, have Factions tags, and you’ll have the ability to wage war or alliance with others factions.
SkyClaims - With this plugin, you’ll be able to have automatic creation of islands for your players to have your own skyblock system. This plugin includes built-in support for the plugin GriefPrevention, allowing players to easily manage protections on their island. *Requires GriefPrevention and a permissions plugin.
ProjectPortals - This plugin will allow you to setup teleports on your Sponge server in the form of portals, buttons, pressure plates, and more! This plugin also includes the ability to disable any features you do not wish to use within the configuration! *Requires ProjectCore plugin
CatClearLag - This plugin is useful for keeping excess entities cleared on your server to help reduce and clear server lag. This plugin can help with server performance.
NPCs - This plugin allows you to easily add NPCs on your server, from humans to many different mobs!
GWMCrates - This plugin adds many different crates to your server, new keys, and many more customizations!
Chest Refill - Create chests that automatically refill their contents after a specific amount of time!
Simple Chat - This plugin allows you to manage your chat formatting and adds automatic announcements to your server! *Requires ProjectCore plugin
Broadcast - This lightweight plugin allows you to easily setup broadcast messages on your server for things like social media links, server updates, and more!
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