SpongeForge is a mod that allows you to run Sponge plugins alongside your Forge mods, with much better compatibility than SpigotForge server-types, and is the most popular system to use for 1.12.2 servers today.
One of the differences between Sponge and Spigot is how plugins are initially stored. Sponge stores plugins inside of the /mods folder, whereas Spigot stores them inside of /plugins. This can be very confusing for those migrating over, but we have this article to help you out!
Important
This tutorial also works for the SpongeVanilla server type. Any of the values changed in this tutorial can be adjusted to suit your preferences.
# Changing your Plugins Directory For Sponge
You will be able to change your Plugins Directory within the config file sponge.conf.
- Log in to your control panel and stop the server.
- Navigate to the Files tab on your server.
- In the File Manager, go to Config > Sponge and click on
sponge.conf.
- Navigate to the general section of the configuration.
- Update the plugins-dir setting to match:
plugins-dir="${CANONICAL_GAME_DIR}/plugins"
- Click on Save & Exit and then Start your server.
Your plugins will now launch from the /plugins directory! If you wish to do the same for the plugin config folders (by default, these will be inside of the /config folder), you can follow the same steps, but change the config-dir setting instead.
