Protect Plugin – Minecraft 1.21.*+
Protect is a simple yet powerful plugin that allows server admins to block unwanted commands, hide them from tab-complete, and give staff full control over permissions and logging.
Features
Protect is a simple yet powerful plugin that allows server admins to block unwanted commands, hide them from tab-complete, and give staff full control over permissions and logging.
Features
- Command Blocking – Prevent players from using restricted commands configured in config.yml.
- Allowed Commands – Certain commands can bypass blocking for OPs or specified allowed commands.
- Tab-Complete Hiding – Blocked commands will not appear in tab-complete suggestions for non-OP players.
- Custom Messages – Configure messages for blocked commands and unknown commands.
- Plugin Info & Reload – /protectinfo shows plugin info, /protectreload reloads the configuration.
- Logging – Optional console logging for blocked command attempts, fully configurable.
- protect.reload – Allows reloading the plugin configuration.
- protect.info – Allows viewing plugin info.
- Download the plugin jar
- Place the jar file into your server’s plugins folder.
- Start the server to generate the default config.yml.
- Edit config.yml to set:
- blocked_commands – Commands you want to block.
- allowed_commands – Commands that should always be allowed.
- blockedcmd – Message for blocked commands.
- unknowncmd – Message for unknown commands.
- logging.enabled – Enable or disable console logging.
- blocked_commands – Commands you want to block.
- Restart or reload the server (/protectreload) to apply changes.
- Optional: Assign permissions to staff as needed.
- Per-player command overrides.
- Logging blocked attempts to a file.
- Wildcard command blocking.
- GUI-based configuration for easier management.
- Compatible with Spigot/Paper.
- OP players always have full access to commands.
- Works for all vanilla and custom plugin commands.
Quick facts
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft version listed: 1.21
- How to install: Install the matching mod loader (Forge, Fabric or NeoForge) for your Minecraft version. → Download the .jar. → Put it in the .minecraft/mods folder and launch that loader profile.
- Where to get it: Opens on Spigot — not every file is mirrored on our own servers.
Install steps are the general flow for this file type — How to install Minecraft Java mods & modpacks walks through it step by step.
CustomProtect is a free Minecraft Java mod. Compatible with Minecraft 1.21. Downloaded 306 times (via Spigot). Download it and open it directly in the game.