Minecraft Server Guides
Setup tutorials, plugin walkthroughs, performance tuning and troubleshooting — written by the TickHosting team.
How to Install Plugins on a Minecraft Server
Plugins are how a plain Bukkit-based server gets economy systems, protection, and custom commands. Here is the general process for adding any of them.
How to Install Plugins on Paper
Paper runs every Spigot plugin plus a growing number of Paper-only ones. Here is what is actually different about installing plugins on Paper specifically.
How to Install EssentialsX on a Minecraft Server
EssentialsX is usually the very first plugin any new server installs. Here is how to set it up and what its core commands actually do.
How to Install LuckPerms on a Minecraft Server
LuckPerms is the standard permissions plugin for a reason. Here is how to install it and set up your first group in a few minutes.
How to Install WorldEdit on a Minecraft Server
WorldEdit turns tedious manual building into a few commands. Here is how to install it and the handful of commands worth learning first.
How to Install WorldGuard on a Minecraft Server
WorldGuard protects builds with defined regions and flags instead of relying on trust alone. Here is how to install it and set up your first region.
How to Create a Permissions System for Your Minecraft Server
A good permissions setup is a structure, not a pile of individual grants. Here is how to design one that scales as your server and staff team grow.
The Best Minecraft Plugins for Any Server
A handful of plugins cover almost every server's core needs regardless of game mode. Here is the shortlist worth installing on day one.
The Best Minecraft Plugins for a Survival Server
Survival servers have needs the core plugin set does not fully cover, mainly protecting player bases without staff having to police everything by hand.
The Best Minecraft Plugins for an SMP Server
SMP servers are about the community as much as the world. Here are the plugins that make a shared server feel connected instead of just co-located.
The Best Minecraft Anti-Cheat Plugins
Anti-cheat plugins matter far more once a server is public than on a small friend group. Here is what the leading options actually do differently.
How to Install Forge on a Minecraft Server
Installing Forge is a one-time setup that unlocks the largest mod library in Minecraft. Here is exactly how to get a Forge server running.