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A plugin failed to load

Applies to Paper, Vanilla.

What it looks like in your log

Could not load 'plugins/MyPlugin.jar' in folder 'plugins'

What causes it

The server could not load a plugin jar.

How to fix it

Check the lines just below the failure for the reason, and swap the plugin for a build made for this server version. If it keeps failing, remove it.

Not sure this is your problem? Paste your log and Roastd will tell you which of these it actually matched, and what else it found.

Check your own log

Errors that travel with this one

  • A plugin is missing another plugin it depends onorg.bukkit.plugin.UnknownDependencyException: Unknown/missing dependency plugins: [Vault]
  • A plugin was built for a newer server versionorg.bukkit.plugin.InvalidPluginException: Unsupported API version 1.21
  • A plugin needs a newer Java than the server runsCould not load 'plugins/MyPlugin.jar' in folder 'plugins': java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: class file version 65.0
  • A file in the plugins folder is not a pluginorg.bukkit.plugin.InvalidDescriptionException: Invalid plugin.yml
  • Two copies of the same plugin are installedAmbiguous plugin name `Essentials' for files `plugins/Essentials.jar' and `plugins/EssentialsX.jar'
  • Wrong file for this server typeorg.bukkit.plugin.InvalidDescriptionException: Jar does not contain plugin.yml
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