Some Spigot plugins aim to optimize strenuous tasks or features on your Minecraft server to improve performance. That being said, you should generally be wary of plugins that claim to be “Anti-Lag” plugins. Plugins that claim to improve performance, but don't explain how tend to do more harm than good in terms of server performance.
If you are unsure of how to install plugins into your server, feel free to review on guide on the topic available here.
# Plugins that Help with Lag
Here is a short list of plugins we recommend you to consider when looking to improve your server's performance.
- ClearLagg - This Plugin is an all-in-one lag reducer, with many features to reduce server lag. Things like culling entities, limiting mob-spawning, limiting mob-eggs, setting per-item entity live-time, and more. We highly recommend using this plugin to help tune many common lag sources.
- Chunk Spawner Limiter - Using this plugin you can limit how many entities can exist in a chunk. Although you can already do this using Paper configuration, this plugin offers much more flexibility and customization options.
- Chunky - This Plugin allows you to pre-generate chunks prior to players joining your server. This will help reduce lag since chunks will not need to be both loaded and generated in real-time by multiple players at the same time.
- StackMob - This Plugin allows you to stack entities on your server, without breaking Mob Spawners. This is a great plugin to install if you have entity lag problems due to player mob farms. Using this plugin, monsters of the same type near each other will stack into one "stacked" monster sharing the same AI.
If you continue to experience lag issues with plugins installed to mitigate it, you can find our all-purpose lag guide here.
