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GroundItemCap

Server-wide cap on dropped items. Removes the oldest items first and never touches named or enchanted ones.

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by mrpunky · listed from Hangar
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What it does

Server-wide cap on dropped items. Removes the oldest items first and never touches named or enchanted ones.

GroundItemCap is a plugin for Paper / Spigot servers, made by mrpunky. It supports Minecraft 1.21 – 26.x. That puts it at #91 of the 92 RPG and magic plugins listed here. The last update came out on Nov 9, 2026.

Supported versions

26.x1.21

Release history

The newest is 1.0.0, released on Nov 9, 2026. It is made for Minecraft 1.21.4 – 26.3. It runs on Paper. The download is 17 KB.

VersionReleasedMinecraftType
1.0.0Nov 9, 20261.21.4 – 26.3Release

Commands

The commands named on the Hangar page of GroundItemCap:

/grounditemcap/gic

Latest release on GitHub

GroundItemCap is open source. Its newest release on GitHub is GroundItemCap 1.0.0, published on Nov 8, 2026.

First public release.

  • One server-wide limit for dropped items on the ground (all worlds, or all except ignored ones)
  • When the limit is exceeded, the oldest items are removed first
  • Renamed, enchanted, damaged items and filled containers are never removed (configurable)
  • /grounditemcap shows the live count, the limit and how many items were removed since startup
  • Messages follow each player's client language (English and Turkish bundled)
  • No dependencies, no database, no network calls, no metrics

Supported: Paper / Purpur 1.21.4 – 1.21.11 and 26.x, Java 21+. Tested on Paper 1.21.4, Paper 26.2 and Purpur 26.3.

Install: drop GroundItemCap-1.0.0.jar into plugins/, start the server, set limit in plugins/GroundItemCap/config.yml, run /grounditemcap reload.

SHA-256: 0846f875af4aea244c6cedb68d72abf98baa5b0d57186398cddac02a770a86f6

Made by Craftavia · play.craftavia.net

Description from the author on Hangar

GroundItemCap

A hard cap on dropped items for Paper servers: when there are too many items on the ground, the oldest ones go first.

Farms, broken chests and mob grinders can leave thousands of item entities lying around. Paper can merge
and despawn items, but it has no server-wide limit. GroundItemCap counts the dropped items every few seconds
and, when the total is over your limit, removes the oldest ones until it is back under it. Fresh drops and
items with custom data are left alone.

Features

  • One server-wide limit across all worlds (or all worlds except the ones you ignore).
  • Oldest first – the items that have been on the ground the longest are removed first, so a player's

fresh drops are the last to go.

  • Protects special items – renamed, enchanted, damaged items and filled containers are never removed

(on by default).

  • Quiet – no chat broadcasts; one console line per minute at most when items were removed.
  • /grounditemcap shows the live count, the limit and how many items were removed since startup.
  • Per-player language (English and Turkish bundled), live reload, no dependencies, no database,

no network calls, no metrics.

Requirements

Server · Paper or a fork such as Purpur, 1.21.4 – 1.21.x and 26.x
Java · 21 or newer

Folia is not supported.

Installation

  1. Download GroundItemCap-x.y.z.jar from Releases.
  2. Put it in your plugins/ folder and start the server.
  3. Adjust plugins/GroundItemCap/config.yml and run /grounditemcap reload.

Commands and permissions

Command · Description · Permission · Default
/grounditemcap (/gic) · Items on the ground, limit, removed since startup · grounditemcap.admin · op
/grounditemcap reload · Reloads config and messages · grounditemcap.admin · op

Configuration

limit: 1000 # max dropped items on the ground, all counted worlds together
check-interval-seconds: 5
protect-special-items: true # never remove items with custom data (they still count)
ignored-worlds: [] # not counted, never removed
log-removals: true
default-language: en

Messages are in messages_en.properties and messages_tr.properties (MiniMessage). Players see the file
matching their client language; add a language by dropping messages_.properties in the plugin folder.

Notes

  • Only item entities in loaded chunks are counted; items in unloaded chunks are untouched.
  • Removed items are gone for good. Pick a limit well above what your farms and players normally leave

on the ground. If players report missing drops, raise the limit first.

  • Protected items count toward the limit but are never removed, so the count can stay above the limit

if most items on the ground are special.

  • Tested on Paper 1.21.4 and 26.2. The plugin it comes from runs on Craftavia's Skyblock server

(Purpur 26.2).

Made by the Craftavia team · craftavia.net

Türkçe

GroundItemCap, sunucudaki yerde duran eşya sayısına üst sınır koyan ücretsiz bir Paper eklentisidir.
Yerdeki toplam eşya limiti geçince en eski eşyalardan başlayarak siler. İsimli, büyülü, hasarlı eşyalara ve
içi dolu kutulara dokunmaz. Oyun dili Türkçe olan oyuncu mesajları Türkçe görür.

Kurulum: jar'ı plugins/ klasörüne atın, sunucuyu açın, config.yml içindeki limit değerini ayarlayın ve
/grounditemcap reload yazın. /grounditemcap (kısaca /gic) yerdeki eşya sayısını gösterir.

Craftavia ekibi tarafından geliştirildi: craftavia.net

License

MIT © Craftavia

Written by mrpunky. Read it with pictures on Hangar.

How to install GroundItemCap

  1. Make sure your server runs Paper and Spigot on Minecraft 1.21 – 26.x.

  2. Download the .jar file from Hangar and put it in the plugins folder of your server.

  3. Restart the server. Avoid /reload, many plugins do not handle it well.

  4. Type /plugins in the console: GroundItemCap should be listed in green. Its config files are created in the plugins folder on the first start.

Compatibility

Minecraft versions
26.x, 1.21
Runs on
Paper, Spigot
Edition
Java
Needs
Nothing else
License
MIT
Price
Free
Upkeep
Actively updated (Nov 10, 2026)

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Questions

Does GroundItemCap work on Minecraft 26.x?

Yes. GroundItemCap supports Minecraft 26.x. All supported versions: 26.x, 1.21.

Is GroundItemCap free?

Yes. GroundItemCap is free to download from Hangar.

Which server software does GroundItemCap run on?

GroundItemCap runs on Paper and Spigot servers.

Is GroundItemCap still updated?

Yes. The last update came out in the past day.

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