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WorldGuard

WorldGuard lets you and players guard areas of land against griefers and undesirables as well as tweak and disable various gameplay features of Minecraft.

server onlynewest supported 26.2UtilityLibraryManagement
Latest version
7.0.17
Minecraft
1.2.4 to 26.2
Java
Java 25+
Loaders
Bukkit, Spigot, Paper, Folia
Licence
LGPL-3.0-only
Downloads
679.4k
Updated
12 d ago
Available on
Modrinth

Minecraft versions

Every version WorldGuard declares support for, newest first, with the Java runtime that version needs.

Other plugins
MinecraftThroughJavaEvidenceReleased
26.2Bukkit, Spigot, Paper, Folia25+declared16 Jun 2026
26.1.2Folia, Spigot, Paper, Bukkit25+declared9 Apr 2026
26.1.1Folia, Spigot, Paper, Bukkit25+declared1 Apr 2026
26.1Folia, Spigot, Paper, Bukkit25+declared24 Mar 2026
1.21.11Folia, Spigot, Paper, Bukkit21+declared9 Dec 2025
1.21.10Bukkit, Spigot, Paper, Folia21+declared7 Oct 2025
1.21.8Bukkit, Spigot, Paper, Folia21+declared17 Jul 2025
1.21.7Folia, Spigot, Paper, Bukkit21+declared30 Jun 2025
1.21.6Folia, Spigot, Paper, Bukkit21+declared17 Jun 2025
1.21.5Folia, Spigot, Paper, Bukkit21+declared25 Mar 2025
1.21.4Folia, Spigot, Paper, Bukkit21+declared3 Dec 2024
1.21.3Folia, Spigot, Paper, Bukkit21+declared23 Oct 2024
1.21.1Paper, Spigot, Folia, Bukkit21+declared8 Aug 2024
1.21Bukkit, Spigot, Paper, Folia21+declared13 Jun 2024
1.20.6Folia, Spigot, Paper, Bukkit21+declared29 Apr 2024
1.20.4Folia, Spigot, Paper, Bukkit17+declared7 Dec 2023
1.20.2Folia, Spigot, Paper, Bukkit17+declared20 Sept 2023
1.20.1Folia, Spigot, Paper, Bukkit17+declared12 Jun 2023
1.20Bukkit, Spigot, Paper, Folia17+declared2 Jun 2023
1.19.4Bukkit, Spigot, Paper, Folia17+declared14 Mar 2023
1.19.3Folia, Spigot, Paper, Bukkit17+declared7 Dec 2022
1.19.2Folia, Spigot, Paper, Bukkit17+declared5 Aug 2022
1.19.1Folia, Spigot, Paper, Bukkit17+declared27 Jul 2022
1.19Folia, Spigot, Paper, Bukkit17+declared7 Jun 2022
1.18.2Paper, Spigot, Bukkit, Folia17+declared28 Feb 2022
1.18.1Bukkit, Folia, Paper, Spigot17+declared10 Dec 2021
1.17Bukkit, Spigot, Paper, Folia16+declared8 Jun 2021
1.16Folia, Spigot, Paper, Bukkit8+declared23 Jun 2020
1.15Folia, Spigot, Paper, Bukkit8+declared9 Dec 2019
1.14Folia, Spigot, Paper, Bukkit8+declared23 Apr 2019
1.13Folia, Spigot, Paper, Bukkit8+declared18 Jul 2018
1.12Bukkit, Spigot, Paper, Folia8+declared2 Jun 2017
1.11Bukkit, Spigot, Paper, Folia8+declared14 Nov 2016
1.10Folia, Spigot, Paper, Bukkit8+declared8 Jun 2016
1.9Folia, Spigot, Paper, Bukkit8+declared29 Feb 2016
1.8.1Folia, Spigot, Paper, Bukkit8+declared24 Nov 2014
1.8Folia, Spigot, Paper, Bukkit8+declared2 Sept 2014
1.7.9Folia, Spigot, Paper, Bukkit8+declared14 Apr 2014
1.7.4Bukkit, Spigot, Paper, Folia8+declared9 Dec 2013
1.7.2Bukkit, Spigot, Paper, Folia8+declared25 Oct 2013

12 older versions not shown.

Releases

Files come from the author's own host. We publish the checksum so you can prove the file you downloaded is the file they published.

Frequently asked

Does WorldGuard work on Minecraft 26.2?

Yes. 26.2 is the newest Minecraft version WorldGuard declares support for, and the claim comes from the author's own release metadata rather than from a compatibility list somebody maintains by hand.

Which Minecraft versions does WorldGuard support?

Everything the author has declared, from 1.2.4 up to 26.2. The full list is in the table above, with the Java runtime each version needs next to it.

Do I need to install WorldGuard on the client or the server?

The server only. Players join with an ordinary Minecraft client and install nothing.

Which server software does WorldGuard need?

Bukkit, Spigot, Paper, Folia. A build for one server platform will not load on another, so this is the first thing to check before the Minecraft version.

Which Java version do I need for WorldGuard?

Java 25 or newer, because that is what the newest Minecraft release it supports requires. The requirement comes from the game rather than from the plugin itself.

What licence is WorldGuard under?

LGPL-3.0-only, as stated by the author on the platform we synced it from. Check the project's own page before redistributing or bundling it.

How do I install WorldGuard?

Download the file from the author's own release, drop it into your server's plugins folder, and restart the server. It generates its configuration on first start. Check the Minecraft version matches the one your server runs.

Where do I download WorldGuard safely?

From the author's own page on Modrinth, which is where the data here is synced from. MCReference never mirrors, re-hosts or repackages a file: every download button points at the original source, so you get exactly what the author published.

Works on the same versions

Ordered by how much of the Minecraft version coverage overlaps, not by popularity.

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Last checked 1 d ago against Modrinth. We do not host files and we do not republish descriptions; every download link points at the author’s own release.