Installing a plugin product

Install or update a plugin

1. Back up your server, plugin data and resource packs. Test updates on a staging server with the same Minecraft version and dependencies.
2. Download the release from your owned products and extract the server ZIP. Put the plugin JAR in plugins/; do not install the ZIP or an API SDK as a server plugin.
3. Stop the server before replacing an older JAR. Keep only one version of each plugin. Retain existing config, custom artwork, licenses and player data unless its migration guide explicitly says otherwise.
4. Install dependencies listed in the product guide separately. Paper 26.x requires Java 25; the 1.21.x baseline used by these releases uses Java 21. ClothesPlus Creator, Animotions, Personas and Dialogue use PacketEvents 2.14.0 for this release set.
5. Start the server, check its log and run the product diagnostics. If it generates a resource pack, rebuild the complete provider pack and accept it again on the client. Test with a player before using the update on production.

Current plugin guides

• ClothesPlus Free 4.2.3
• Dialogue 1.3.3
• Vanity 1.9.2
• Rankly 0.7.7
• Animotions 1.0.10-Dev28
• Personas 1.2.5
• ClothesPlus 4.0.1
• Titlescreen 0.1.1
• AnimatedArmor 1.0.1 — existing release

Paper 26.3 was beta at the time of these checks. Each guide states what was tested. Server startup and automated tests do not establish every client, shader or third-party integration. AnimatedArmor has not been rebuilt or verified for 26.3 because its maintained source is unavailable.

Getting help

Provide the plugin version, Paper build, Java version, dependencies and a short redacted error excerpt. Never post license keys, tokens or a full unredacted config.