⏸️ Paper Server Pause
Paper Server Pause is a lightweight Paper plugin that allows you to pause and unpause gameplay for everyone on your Minecraft server.
Need to temporarily stop the game? With Paper Server Pause, you can pause the server's gameplay and resume it when you're ready.
✨ Features
- ⏸️ Pause gameplay for all players
- ▶️ Unpause gameplay for all players
- 👥 Server-wide pause system
- 🖥️ Easy-to-use console commands
- ⚡ Lightweight Paper plugin
🖥️ How to Use
Use the Paper server console to control the game.
Pause the Server
Type:
pause
This pauses gameplay for everyone on the server.
Unpause the Server
Type:
unpause
This resumes gameplay for everyone.
🎮 Why Use Paper Server Pause?
Paper Server Pause is useful for situations where you need to temporarily stop gameplay, including:
- 🎉 Server events
- 🛠️ Server maintenance or troubleshooting
- 👮 Moderator situations
- 🧪 Testing
- 📢 Important announcements
Pause the game when you need to, then unpause it and let everyone continue!
📦 Requirements
- A Paper Minecraft server
- Compatible with the supported Minecraft versions listed on this Modrinth project
Simple, lightweight, and useful for server administrators and moderators who need control over server-wide gameplay.
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft version listed: 26.2
- 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 Modrinth — 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.
- Ships as ServerPause.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 2 KB
- Download link checked 1 Oct 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.