How to Install and Use the Plugin

One of the biggest concerns for server owners is lag. Lag can be caused by various reasons, whether it's from what you build, collect, and mine on your server or from the hardware your server runs on. However, if you host with Holy Hosting, hardware shouldn't be an issue. There are certain Spigot plugins that can help reduce lag caused by resources or players. ClearLagg is one of the most common plugins for any type of Minecraft server. Basically, what it does is allow you to remove problematic entities that may exist on your server. Maybe someone dropped thousands of items in a single chunk, causing your server to lag. This plugin removes dropped entities, ensuring your server runs smoothly.

Plugins require you to run a Paper jar file (we recommend Paper) or Spigot to load ClearLagg on your server. You can find a guide on how to change your server's jar file here.

How to Install ClearLagg

Make sure your server is running Paper or Spigot. You can verify this in the jar file dropdown menu in the game control panel.

On the left side of the game panel, press the Plugins List tab.

Type "Clearlagg" in the name search and scroll down until you find it. Then click on it to open the downloads page.

At the bottom of the page, check the version you have selected. It's good to cross-reference this with the official Bukkit or Spigot page.

Find the correct version in the version dropdown menu, select it, and press install.

Go back to the Game Panel and restart your server. You can check if the plugin was installed correctly by typing "pl" in the console.

Install via FTP

Once the file has been downloaded, place it somewhere easy to find, like your desktop or a folder for later.

Go to the official ClearLagg page on Spigot and since there is no files tab, this means that as long as your server version is listed, you can click download.

Go to the Game Panel and click on FTP File Access on the left side of the panel.

Once you log into FTP File Access, you will see a list of your files. Open the

plugins folder and click on "Upload" in the upper left corner of the page.

upload clearlagg

Drag your plugin to the right side of the page and wait for it to reach 100%.

Go back to the Game Panel and restart your server. The plugin should be installed now. You can verify this by typing "pl" in the console.

Commands

/lagg clear: This removes all entities on the ground.

/lagg check: This command counts all entities in the world.

/lagg reload: Reloads the schedulers/configuration file.

/lagg killmobs: This kills all mobs in the world.

/lagg area : Removes entities within the given radius.

/lagg chunk: Locates the largest chunks.

/lagg admin: Lists the admin commands.

/lagg tps: Shows the current server TPS.

/lagg halt: Disables basic server functions like mob spawning.

/lagg: Lists all ClearLagg commands.

Configuration File

If you make changes, make sure to stop your server first and then click save on the page before starting or restarting your server. You can find your configuration file by going to the Config tab on the left side of the main panel page, then search for your ClearLagg configuration and click on the plugin name. Most things in the configuration file are disabled by default and any line with a "#" at the beginning is also disabled.

Broadcast Message

One of the most common configuration changes is the broadcast message. If you want to change the messages that are broadcast or disable them, you will need to scroll down to the "auto-removal" section of the configuration document, where you will find the "broadcast-message" and the "warnings" section, both can be changed to your liking, make sure to follow the given format.

Entities

Another part in the configuration that you may want to modify are the entities that are removed when lag is cleared. In the configuration, locate the 'auto-removal:' section.

Below it, you will see some items listed and set as true or false. You can enable and disable which entities you want to remove when lag is cleared.

For example, if you want to prevent minecarts from being removed, you would look for `minecart: true` and set it to false.

You can find a detailed configuration guide here.

Conclusion

ClearLagg is one of the most essential plugins for Minecraft servers, as it significantly helps with lag reduction, which is a key part of having a public server. This plugin is great because it doesn't require much configuration, but if you want to configure it in more detail, that's also possible. Don't forget that plugins won't work unless your server is running Spigot or Paper.