Plugins and mods install with one click from your Minecraft server's Mods tab. Plugins need Paper or Purpur as the server software; mods need a mod loader such as Fabric, Forge or NeoForge.
- Sign in to the control panel at panel.chicagoservers.co and open your Minecraft server.
- Open the Mods tab and go to Mods, plugins and data packs.
- Search for the plugin (the search looks on Modrinth) and click Install next to it. Plugins it needs come along.
- Click Restart at the top of the page to load it.
If a plugin needs other server software or another Minecraft version (for example, your server runs Vanilla), its button reads Install…. The panel tells you what it would change and switches the server for you, after asking. To choose the server software yourself, see How do I install Spigot, Paper, or CraftBukkit onto my Minecraft server?
A plugin that isn't on Modrinth (for example from SpigotMC or Hangar): download its .jar file, upload it into the plugins folder on the Files tab (or over SFTP: see How to connect to your server's SFTP), then restart the server.
To remove a plugin you installed from the tab, click Remove next to it under Installed. To run the server with another Java version, choose it under Java on the same tab and click Save.
Need help? Open a support ticket and we'll take a look.