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Tutorials, guides, and news about Minecraft servers. Learn how to get the most out of your server.

How to Install Plugins on a Paper Minecraft Server
Learn how to install plugins on a Paper Minecraft server, verify that they loaded, and fix version, dependency, and permission errors.

Paper vs Purpur: What to Use for a Minecraft Server With Friends
Paper and Purpur are not enemies. Choose based on whether you want a simple stable base or more configuration control.

Simple Voice Chat on a Minecraft SMP Server
Simple Voice Chat adds proximity voice to an SMP, but it needs the client mod and a UDP port. Here is the practical setup.

Chunky for Minecraft: Pre-Generate Chunks to Reduce Lag
Chunky can reduce exploration stutter by generating chunks before players arrive. Here is how to use it carefully.

GPORTAL vs Mineando: European Minecraft Hosting Compared
GPORTAL rents Minecraft servers by days or months in Europe; Mineando focuses on hourly credits and automatic stop.

Apex Hosting vs Mineando: Which Minecraft Host Fits?
Apex Hosting is strong for always-online managed servers; Mineando is built for groups that pay around real playtime.

Shockbyte vs Mineando: Monthly or Hourly Minecraft Hosting
Compare Shockbyte and Mineando by pricing model, mods, backups, support, and real cost for friend groups that play in sessions.

CoreProtect for Minecraft: Safe Rollback After Griefing
A practical CoreProtect guide for checking broken blocks, previewing rollback, and recovering from griefing without damaging more.

How Many Players Can a Minecraft Server Handle?
Minecraft server capacity is not just RAM. Learn how to estimate real player count from world load, plugins, mods, and play style.

Minecraft Server Backups Before Mods, Plugins, or Launch
A practical backup checklist before updating mods, installing plugins, migrating a world, or inviting players to a Minecraft server.

Minecraft Whitelist and Permissions Before Inviting Friends
Prepare whitelist, roles, and permissions before inviting friends to your Minecraft server without making everyone an operator.

Minecraft Event Server Guide for Creators and Communities
Plan a Minecraft server for events, tournaments, streams, or communities: player peaks, spawn, rules, plugins, performance, backups, and support.

Minecraft Server Checklist Before Inviting Friends
Check the world, permissions, performance, connection details, backups, and rules before sharing your Minecraft server IP with friends.

Best Paper Plugins for a Survival SMP With Friends
A practical Paper plugin base for a survival SMP: permissions, protection, rollback, quality of life, performance, and backups without plugin bloat.

How Much RAM Does a Minecraft Server With Plugins Need?
Learn how much RAM a Minecraft server with plugins needs based on Paper, players, view distance, heavy plugins, and real server use.

Minecraft Server for Friends: Realms, Aternos, or Hourly Hosting
Compare Realms, Aternos, and hourly Minecraft hosting for friend groups by cost, control, plugins, crossplay, performance, and real playtime.

GeyserMC Port Guide: Java Address, Bedrock Port, and Fixes
Understand which port GeyserMC uses, why Bedrock needs its own entry point, and how to avoid common address and firewall mistakes.

Can Bedrock Join a Java Server? Clear Guide for Players
Learn when Minecraft Bedrock can join a Java server, what the server needs, and which connection details each player should use.

Modpack Server Checklist: RAM, Forge, NeoForge, and Lag
Before opening a modpack server, check the version, loader, RAM, world, backups, and performance so you avoid lag and launch-day errors.

server.properties in Minecraft: Key Settings for Your Server
Learn which server.properties options to review before opening a Minecraft server: game mode, difficulty, whitelist, view distance, and more.