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Lag Protection

Saves your players from bad ping by cancelling out damage taken!

PluginsFree1.16 – 26.x
by Vyndral · listed from Modrinth
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Direct download from Modrinth · 30,640 downloads

What it does

Lag Protection is a plugin for Paper / Spigot servers, made by Vyndral. Saves your players from bad ping by cancelling out damage taken!

It supports Minecraft 1.16 – 26.x. It has been downloaded 30,640 times on Modrinth. That puts it at #18 of the 54 technology plugins listed here. The last update came out on Sep 19, 2026.

Supported versions

26.x1.211.201.191.181.171.16

Release history

Lag Protection has had 27 releases on Modrinth since Feb 21, 2025. 8 of them came out in the past year. The newest is 1.2.1, released on Sep 19, 2026. It is made for Minecraft 26.3. It runs on Fabric. The download is 20 KB.

VersionReleasedMinecraftType
1.2.1Sep 19, 202626.3Release
1.2.1Sep 19, 202626.2Release
1.2.1Sep 19, 202626.3Release
1.2.1Sep 19, 202626.2Release
1.2.0Sep 13, 202626.2Release

Commands

The commands named on the Modrinth page of Lag Protection:

/getping
Description from the author on Modrinth

Are your players tired of dying because of they're terrible ping? Introducing Lag Protection! Now your players don't have to worry about dying when they're Wi-Fi is complete dog water!

This plugin will:

Track your players ping, and if they have very high ping then it will stop them from taking damage.

Commands:

/getping Will return the current ping of any given player

Currently working on:

  • Support for 1.21.5 on Paper family
  • Support for 1.21.5 on Fabric family
  • Support for older versions for Fabric
  • Support for Forge
  • Support for NeoForge

Written by Vyndral. Read it with pictures on Modrinth.

How to install Lag Protection

  1. Make sure your server runs Paper and Spigot on Minecraft 1.16 – 26.x.

  2. Download the .jar file from Modrinth 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: Lag Protection should be listed in green. Its config files are created in the plugins folder on the first start.

Full guide: How to install plugins on a Minecraft server

Compatibility

Minecraft versions
26.x, 1.21, 1.20, 1.19, 1.18, 1.17, 1.16
Runs on
Paper, Spigot
Edition
Java
Needs
Nothing else
License
GPL
Price
Free
Upkeep
Actively updated (Nov 11, 2026)

Lag Protection compared with similar ones Compare all alternatives

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Lag Protectionthe one you looked at31K1.16 – 26.xSep 19, 2026Free
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PerfoBoosterBloodRed36K1.8 – 26.x10 days agoFree

Questions

Does Lag Protection work on Minecraft 26.x?

Yes. Lag Protection supports Minecraft 26.x. All supported versions: 26.x, 1.21, 1.20, 1.19, 1.18, 1.17, 1.16.

Is Lag Protection free?

Yes. Lag Protection is free to download from Modrinth.

Which server software does Lag Protection run on?

Lag Protection runs on Paper and Spigot servers.

Is Lag Protection still updated?

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

What are the best alternatives to Lag Protection?

The closest ones are Omni Anticheat, UltraAFK: Anti-Lag & Optimizer and PerfoBooster. Compare all alternatives

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