# VanillaProtect<\/p>\n
**VanillaProtect** is a lightweight yet powerful protection plugin for Minecraft servers running Paper, Purpur, Spigot, Bukkit or Folia 1.21+. It automatically tracks block ownership and prevents new players from breaking blocks or opening containers placed by other players. No commands needed from players, everything works out of the box.<\/p>\n
## \ud83d\udee1\ufe0f How it works<\/p>\n
When any player places a block, VanillaProtect silently records that block’s location and the player’s UUID in a database. If a **newcomer** (a player whose first join was less than N hours ago) tries to break or open something that belongs to another player, the action is cancelled and the newcomer gets a friendly message explaining how much time they have left.<\/p>\n
Once the newcomer period expires, all restrictions are lifted automatically.<\/p>\n
## \u2728 Features<\/p>\n
– **Block break protection** – newcomers cannot break blocks placed by other players
\n– **Container protection** – chests, barrels, shulker boxes, furnaces, dispensers, hoppers, brewing stands, anvils, crafters and more are all protected
\n– **Optional door\/button\/lever protection** – toggle in config
\n– **Natural blocks are freely breakable** – stone, dirt, trees etc. are not restricted by default (configurable)
\n– **Per-block ownership tracking** – only the exact blocks placed by others are protected, not entire regions
\n– **Configurable newcomer period** – set anywhere from 6 to 24+ hours
\n– **Two storage backends** – SQLite (recommended) or YAML flat file
\n– **Auto-save** – data is saved periodically and on shutdown
\n– **Folia support** – fully compatible with threaded region servers
\n– **No dependencies** – single JAR, drop and go<\/p>\n
## \ud83c\udf0d Multi-language support<\/p>\n
VanillaProtect ships with 4 built-in languages:<\/p>\n
| Code | Language |
\n|——|———–|
\n| `en` | English |
\n| `ru` | \u0420\u0443\u0441\u0441\u043a\u0438\u0439 |
\n| `uk` | \u0423\u043a\u0440\u0430\u0457\u043d\u0441\u044c\u043a\u0430 |
\n| `de` | Deutsch |<\/p>\n
You can also create your own language file by placing a `plugins\/VanillaProtect\/lang\/ ## \u2699\ufe0f Configuration overview<\/p>\n ```yaml # Toggle individual protections # Storage backend: sqlite or yaml # Disable protection in specific worlds ## \ud83d\udcac Commands<\/p>\n | Command | Description | Aliases: `\/vanillaprotect`, `\/vp`, `\/vprotect`<\/p>\n ## \ud83d\udd11 Permissions<\/p>\n | Permission | Description | Default | ## \ud83d\udce6 Compatibility<\/p>\n | Platform | Supported | ## \ud83d\udcc1 Plugin folder structure<\/p>\n ``` *Made by **1mN1kO***<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" VanillaProtect a lightweight protection plugin that prevents new players from breaking blocks or opening containers placed by others. Newcomer period, storage type, and languages (EN\/RU\/UK\/DE) are fully configurable. Supports Paper, Purpur, Spigot, Bukkit<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":164971,"template":"","meta":{"_minecraft_slug":"vanillaprotect","_minecraft_project_id":"ZN6wc2Wl","_minecraft_author":"1mN1kO","_minecraft_license":"MIT","_minecraft_downloads":13,"_minecraft_follows":0,"_minecraft_client_side":"unsupported","_minecraft_server_side":"required","_minecraft_storage_type":"zip","_minecraft_archive_name":"vanillaprotect.zip","_minecraft_size_bytes":69739,"_minecraft_version_count":2,"_minecraft_updated_at":"2026-05-15T22:57:29.381687Z","_minecraft_date_created":"2026-03-18T23:03:51.914961Z","_minecraft_date_modified":"2026-03-17T06:49:25.930767Z","_minecraft_project_url":"https:\/\/modrinth.com\/mod\/vanillaprotect","_minecraft_icon_attachment_id":164971,"_minecraft_imported_at":"2026-06-09T17:27:57+00:00","_minecraft_import_hash":"d5a9849f3291c9799b45d71407f97b37","_minecraft_versions":"","_minecraft_links":"","_minecraft_gallery":"","_minecraft_api_metadata":""},"mod_category":[124,125,127,128,129],"mod_loader":[130,131,132,133,134],"minecraft_version":[62,37,40,41,73,74,38,78,79,80,81,82],"class_list":["post-164970","mod","type-mod","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","mod_category-bukkit","mod_category-folia","mod_category-paper","mod_category-purpur","mod_category-spigot","mod_loader-bukkit","mod_loader-folia","mod_loader-paper","mod_loader-purpur","mod_loader-spigot","minecraft_version-1-21","minecraft_version-1-21-1","minecraft_version-1-21-10","minecraft_version-1-21-11","minecraft_version-1-21-2","minecraft_version-1-21-3","minecraft_version-1-21-4","minecraft_version-1-21-5","minecraft_version-1-21-6","minecraft_version-1-21-7","minecraft_version-1-21-8","minecraft_version-1-21-9"],"yoast_head":"\n.yml` file in the plugin folder. All messages support color codes.<\/p>\n
\n# How long a player is considered a newcomer (in hours)
\nnewcomer-hours: 12<\/p>\n
\nprotection:
\n block-break: true
\n chest-open: true
\n block-place: false
\n block-interact: false<\/p>\n
\nstorage:
\n type: sqlite
\n auto-save: 5<\/p>\n
\ndisabled-worlds:
\n - world_nether
\n - world_the_end
\n```<\/p>\n
\n|---------|-------------|
\n| `\/vp reload` | Reload config and language files without restarting |
\n| `\/vp status` | Show current plugin status and settings |
\n| `\/vp info
\n| `\/vp bypass
\n|------------|-------------|---------|
\n| `vanillaprotect.admin` | Access to all admin commands | OP |
\n| `vanillaprotect.bypass` | Bypass newcomer restrictions | OP |
\n| `vanillaprotect.bypass.others` | Grant\/revoke bypass for others | OP |<\/p>\n
\n|----------|-----------|
\n| Paper 1.21+ | \u2705 |
\n| Purpur 1.21+ | \u2705 |
\n| Spigot 1.21+ | \u2705 |
\n| Bukkit 1.21+ | \u2705 |
\n| Folia 1.21+ | \u2705 |<\/p>\n
\nplugins\/VanillaProtect\/
\n\u251c\u2500\u2500 config.yml
\n\u251c\u2500\u2500 blocks.db
\n\u2514\u2500\u2500 lang\/
\n \u251c\u2500\u2500 en.yml
\n \u251c\u2500\u2500 ru.yml
\n \u251c\u2500\u2500 uk.yml
\n \u2514\u2500\u2500 de.yml
\n```<\/p>\n