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PermissionCore

Free#8 of 12 in Minecraft Permissions Plugins

PermissionCore: A free Spigot plugin for standard permissions, inheritance, formatting, and Vault support. Ranked #8 of 12 in Minecraft Permissions Plugins by our editors (7.9/10); pricing: Free plan; best for free Spigot servers needing standard permissions.

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At a glance

  • Editor score
    7.9 / 10
  • Pricing
    Free plan
  • Best for
    Free Spigot servers needing standard permissions
  • Free plan
    Yes
  • Paid from
    Free
  • Group inheritance
    Yes
  • Facts checked
    20 Sep 2026
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  • Where it wins

    • Free plugin with inheritance, temporary permissions, wildcards, and negation
    • Supports caching, hot reload, chat prefixes, and suffixes
    • Integrates with Vault and PlaceholderAPI

  • Where it doesn't

    • YAML is currently the only supported storage type
    • Platform coverage is specified for Spigot
    • Management is delivered through server commands

Our verdict on PermissionCore

PermissionCore is a free, self-hosted Minecraft server plugin for administrators managing players, groups, ranks, and permission nodes. It supports Minecraft 1.10 through 1.21 and is intended for survival, PvP, creative, minigame, network, and community servers. The feature set focuses on standard permission administration, with parent-group inheritance, temporary permissions, wildcard permissions, negation, configurable language files, and preconfigured rank examples.

The published plan structure is simple: PermissionCore is free, with no paid tier to compare. Its core administration tools include player and group management, while caching and hot reload support ongoing server administration. Temporary permissions with expiration are useful for time-limited access, and inheritance can reduce repeated permission assignments across groups. Chat formatting with prefixes and suffixes extends the plugin beyond access control, particularly for servers that want rank information reflected in chat.

Integration is centered on the Spigot ecosystem. Vault and PlaceholderAPI support can connect permissions and formatting with other server features that use those integrations. Storage is YAML-based, and YAML is currently the only supported storage type. That keeps the product focused on a straightforward server-plugin deployment, but it gives administrators fewer storage options than a broader permissions system might. Choose PermissionCore for a free Spigot server needing conventional player, group, rank, inheritance, temporary-permission, and chat-formatting features. Servers requiring another supported platform or a different storage backend should consider an alternative.

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PermissionCore pricing

Plans Free planFree Free to use — no paid tier required for the core job.
See plans on spigotmc.org

PermissionCore fact sheet

Free planYes
Paid fromFree
Group inheritanceYes
Network supportNot verified
Web editorNot verified
Storage backendsYAML
Supported platformsSpigot
Temporary permissionsYes
DeploymentSelf-hosted
SupportCommunity
Built forSolo, Small business, Mid-market (editorial estimate)
Integrations2 integrations: Vault, PlaceholderAPI
PricingFree plan
Websitespigotmc.org
Facts checked20 Sep 2026

PermissionCore integrations

PermissionCore lists 2 integrations on its own site.

  • Vault
  • PlaceholderAPI

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