Reload mods (plugins) without stop and server start?

Is there a way to load in new / refreshed plugins with Sponge without stopping and restarting the server?

Yup, you can do /sponge plugins reload

There is also a great “search” function on the top right corner of the forum :wink:

However, if you add or remove a plugin, you have to restart the whole thing.

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LOL, I wish searching always yielded things. Trick is knowing KEY WORDS! :smiley: You may not believe it, but I spent some minutes hunting for this before asking… :woman_shrugging:

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Keep in mind: /sponge plugins reload sends a reload event to the event manager; the plugins themselves determine what to do, if anything. There is no forced full reload such as Bukkit had, since Sponge plugins can frequently need to make pre-server initialization (e.g. data manipulators and recipes must be registered in pre-initialization).

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