Minecraft Server Plugins

Install Required Software

Download IntelliJ IDEA

Setup Project

Download Project Template

Right click folder Open Folder as IntelliJ IDEA Project
Click Trust Project
Click Load Gradle Project · Creates gradle + gradlew

Manual Setup

Create a folder
Right click folder Open Folder as IntelliJ IDEA Project
Click Trust Project
Create file build.gradle.kts
Click Load Gradle Project · Creates gradle + gradlew
Create directory src/main/resources
- Create file plugin.yml
Create directory src/main/kotlin
- Create package me.username.plugin
  - Create class KoolPlugin

build.gradle.kts

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group = "me.username"               
Replace this with your desired  domain name
version = "0.0.1"              
You can increment your plugin's  version over time

plugins {

    /* language -> kotlin | https://kotlinlang.org/docs/releases.html */
    kotlin("jvm") version "2.4.0"

    /* bundle jar dependencies |  https://github.com/GradleUp/shadow/releases */
    id("com.gradleup.shadow") version "9.6.0"

}

kotlin {
    /* JDK version | https://whichjdk.com */
    jvmToolchain(25)
}

/* Repositories */
repositories {
    mavenCentral()
    maven("https://hub.spigotmc.org/nexus/content/repositories/snapshots/") // Spigot api
}

/* Dependencies */
dependencies {

    /* spigot | https://spigotmc.org */
    compileOnly("org.spigotmc:spigot-api:26.2-R0.1-SNAPSHOT")                                           
You can set your desired  Minecraft version here
}

tasks {

    /* Export jar to server's plugin folder */
    register<Copy>("exportPlugin") {
        description = "Export jar to server's plugin folder"
        mustRunAfter(shadowJar)
        from(shadowJar)
        into(File(System.getProperty("user.home"), "Desktop/MinecraftServer/plugins"))                                                                    
You can set your server's  plugin folder here to automatically export your jar
    }

    /* Bundle jar dependencies */
    jar { finalizedBy(shadowJar) }

    /* Disable unit tests */
    compileTestKotlin { enabled = false }

}

Learn Gradle

name: Plugin Name
description: A cool plugin
author: You
website: https://username.me
api-version: '26.2'
version: 0.0.1

main: me.username.plugin.KoolPlugin
libraries:
  # Kotlin | https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.jetbrains.kotlin/kotlin-stdlib
  - org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib:2.4.0

name: Plugin Name
description: A cool plugin
author: You
website: https://username.me
api-version: '26.2'
version: 0.0.1

main: me.username.plugin.KoolPlugin
load: POSTWORLD
depend: []
softdepend: []
loadbefore: []
libraries: []

Spigot Wiki — Plugin YML

Main Class

package me.username.plugin

import org.bukkit.plugin.java.JavaPlugin

class KoolPlugin: JavaPlugin {

    override fun onEnable() {                     
Executes during server  startup when the plugin is enabled
    }

    override fun onDisable() {                      
Executes during server  shutdown when the plugin is disabled
    }
}

Minecraft Server Plugins

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