How to Edit Plugin Configuration Files
Plugin configuration files are files that allow the owner of a Minecraft server to edit certain features and settings that a plugin allows being changed.
Let's use simple examples to make it easy to understand. In the following steps, we will use one of the most well-known plugins today, EssentialsX.
📁 How to Edit Plugin Configuration Files via the Multicraft Panel 📁
Let's say that you're looking to change the unique player announcement of EssentialsX through the Multicraft panel. To do that, you will have to:
- Log in to your Multicraft panel here and stop your server.
- Click on
Files
, then onConfig Files
.
- Click on
Plugin Configs
.
- Choose the plugin file you want to edit and click on it. In this example, we want to edit EssentialsX's unique join announcement, so we must open the
config.yml
file.
- Since we are looking to edit the unique player announcement, the option is called
announce-format:
. You need to edit it to your own value and clickSave
.
Once discovered, we must edit exactly as in the default configuration!
- What exactly does this mean?
Since it is a configuration file, we must follow the "format rules" so that nothing unwanted happens the moment the server starts up.
Let's look at an example below:
As we wanted to edit the announce-format:
to something else, we should use the following edit:
If the default file uses:
announce-format: '&dWelcome {DISPLAYNAME}&d to the server!'
When editing, we must use:
announce-format: 'Your message here!'
Examples of common errors:
❌ announce-format: 'Your message here!
❌ announce-format: Your message here!
❌ announce-format: 'Your 'message here!'
✅ announce-format: 'Your message here!'
No matter how small the error is, even if a space or character is added or removed by mistake, it might cause your server to crash!
- Go back to your server control panel (Multicraft) and start your server.
In a few words, changing your server settings is easy and simple! Just be careful when editing the files correctly!
Whenever you need help, you can always find out more about a plugin's settings on the same page where you can download it.
📝 How to Edit Plugin Configuration Files Manually 📝
Let's say that you're looking to change EssentialsX quit message. To do that, you will have to:
- Log in to your Multicraft panel here and stop your server.
- Click on
Files
and then onFTP File Access
. It's where you'll find all of your server's files.
- Use your Multicraft credentials to log in.
- Open your
plugins
folder by clicking it.
- Open the folder with the name of the plugin that you want to edit. In our case, it's Essentials with the
config.yml
file.
- As we are looking to edit the quit message, we must find the
custom-quit-message:
option and edit it with our desired value, then click onSave
.
Once discovered, we must edit exactly as in the default configuration!
- What exactly does this mean?
Since it is a configuration file, we must follow the "format rules" so that nothing unwanted happens the moment the server starts up.
Let's look at an example below:
As we wanted to edit format:
to something else, we should use the following edit:
If the default file uses:
custom-quit-message: "none"
When editing, we must make sure the option remains between quotes:
custom-quit-message: "My custom message here"
Examples of common errors:
❌ custom-quit-message: "My custom message here
❌ custom-quit-message: My custom message here
❌ custom-quit-message: "My custom "message here"
❌ custom-quit-message: "My custom message here"
✅ custom-quit-message: "My custom message here"
No matter how small the error is, even if a space or character is added or removed by mistake, it might cause your server to crash!
- Go back to your server control panel (Multicraft) and start your server.
In a few words, changing your server settings is easy and simple! Just be careful when editing the files correctly!
Whenever you need help, you can always find out more about a plugin's settings on the same page where you can download it.
❕Useful Links❕
- How to Edit Your Server Configuration Files
- How to Edit Mod Configuration Files
- How to Install Mods Into Your Client
Actualizado el: 27/02/2025
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