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Essence

Stress-free server utilities - Essence is a lightweight and customisable Essentials alternative with Folia support.

PluginsFree1.19 – 26.x
by LewMC · listed from Hangar
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Direct download from Hangar · 408 downloads

What it does

Essence is a plugin for Paper / Spigot servers, made by LewMC. Stress-free server utilities - Essence is a lightweight and customisable Essentials alternative with Folia support.

It supports Minecraft 1.19 – 26.x. It has been downloaded 408 times on Hangar. That puts it at #247 of the 457 admin and permission plugins listed here. The last update came out on Nov 2, 2026.

Supported versions

26.x1.211.201.19

Release history

Essence has had 33 releases on Hangar. More than six of them came out in the past year. The newest is 1.13.1, released on Nov 1, 2026. It is made for Minecraft 26.1 – 26.3. It runs on Paper. The download is 500 KB.

VersionReleasedMinecraftType
1.13.1Nov 1, 202626.1 – 26.3Release
1.13.0Oct 14, 202626.1 – 26.3Release
1.12.0Sep 14, 20261.21.1 – 26.3Release
1.12.0-SNAPSHOTSep 5, 20261.21.1 – 26.2Snapshot
1.11.2May 6, 20261.21.1 – 26.1.2Release
Description from the author on Hangar

Essence is a lightweight and customisable general use plugin for servers of any size. It adds a number of commands including teleportation, warps, user homes, easy gamemode changing, teams, kits, chat formatting & management, and inventory management systems.

With Essence you can do so much...

Create homes, warps, teams, and kits. Share the love by healing or feeding someone. Repair your tools for your next big adventure or have someone pay you to do it for them. Manage your chat, displaying it in any format, colour, order, or way you’d like! Add custom joining and leaving messages, manage your world spawns, and add a Message of the Day to your server.

Essence is one of the most customisable plugins you’ll find. With integrations with Vault and PlaceholderAPI, the fun doesn’t stop here. Use Essence as an economy provider, letting you a thriving economy on your server, whilst we talk to the other plugins for you. Or display prefixes from your permissions plugins using Essence Chat, now built-in.

You can also import your data from existing plugins including EssentialsX.

With Essence, your server is yours. You can do what you’d like, how you’d like, wherever you’d like. The limit it your imagination.

Interested in learning more? See a full list of our features or our over 100 commands. With constant updates, a thriving developer community. If you want more, we’ll give you more. We take bug reports and feature requests on our GitHub page.

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Requirements

  • Essence is designed with heavy permissions use for customisation - we strongly recommend using LuckPerms. You can learn more about permissions on our commands page at the wiki.
  • Essence supports CraftBukkit, Spigot, Paper, and Folia; as well as forks of these. Some commands may only work on Paper and Folia.
  • For specific Minecraft versions, please see the versions tab.
  • Certain features have support for Vault, PlaceholderAPI, and a permissions plugin. Essence will work without these, but certain features including the economy and placeholders will only work within Essence's commands. There's more information about which specific features need this on our wiki.

Wiki and Support

We have an open wiki available if you need help with anything, it contains information regarding all aspects of Essence and how to use it. Just click the image below or visit lewmc.net/wiki!

Not into Wikis? No problem! We also have a community Discord server that we regularly provide support in - visit lewmc.net/discord to join!

Metrics

Essence collects anonymous statistics including the number of servers running Essence, the number of players, etc. using bStats, an open-source statistics service for Minecraft software. You can opt out in plugins/bStats/config.yml.

Contributing

If you like Essence and you'd like to add something, feel free to contribute! We're over on PixelGit at pixelgit.org/lewmc/essence.

Written by LewMC. Read it with pictures on Hangar.

How to install Essence

  1. Make sure your server runs Paper and Spigot on Minecraft 1.19 – 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: Essence 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
Runs on
Paper, Spigot
Edition
Java
Needs
Vault, PlaceholderAPI
License
Free to use
Price
Free
Upkeep
Actively updated (Nov 13, 2026)

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Questions

Does Essence work on Minecraft 26.x?

Yes. Essence supports Minecraft 26.x. All supported versions: 26.x, 1.21, 1.20, 1.19.

Is Essence free?

Yes. Essence is free to download from Hangar.

Which server software does Essence run on?

Essence runs on Paper and Spigot servers.

Does Essence need anything else?

Yes: Vault, PlaceholderAPI. Install it before Essence.

Is Essence still updated?

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

What are the best alternatives to Essence?

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