Articles on: Minecraft

Add a live map to your Minecraft server

It's easy to set up a live map for your Minecraft server, which can show the world, its builds and player locations on a 2D map, publicly accessible via the web. There are, however, a variety of different map plugins/mods available. We've compared a few of the most popular ones below, or you can do so yourself at this link.

Pl3xMap

Download on Modrinth

View demo

We recommend you use Pl3xMap where possible, thanks to the regular updates it receives, and its comparatively small performance impact on servers. It can render maps significantly faster than Dynmap, but is lower resolution so may not be ideal if you're wanting to view higher quality imagery of your world. Variety of addons/integrations available here.

Dynmap

Download on Modrinth

View demo

The classic mapping plugin, allowing you to view 2D or isometric views of your world. Be aware that Dynmap can use a large amount of storage, and take a while to generate a map.

BlueMap

Download on Modrinth

View demo

Allows you to create a 3D map of your Minecraft world, letting you spectate it from your browser. Because it's 3D, BlueMap is particularly performance-intensive and will use a lot of storage. Variety of addons/integrations available here.

Chosen one and ready to set it up? Let's get started:

Visit the map mod/plugin's page on Modrinth and download the corresponding version.

Head to our game panel at panel.lilypad.gg and select your server.

Select the Files button in the sidebar, and then click on the mods folder if you're uploading the mod, or the plugins folder to upload the plugin version.

Drag and drop the mod/plugin's file into your browser window to allow it to upload.

Restart your server to load in the new mod/plugin.

Select the Network button in the sidebar, followed by Create Port to add another port to your server. Copy this port to your clipboard (it should be a 5-digit number).

Select the Files button in the sidebar again, then find the mod or plugin's folder inside of config if you're on a modded server version, or otherwise plugins if you're on something Paper-based. Open the main configuration file, likely called config.yml or configuration.txt and find where the web server's port is set. Change it to the port that you created before saving the file.

Restart your server once more to load the new config, and you should be good to go! You can access the map in your browser at ‎http󠇐://‎<your server's IP>:<the port you created> — for example, http󠇐://󠇐81.16.177.87:25660

By default, your map will only show regions that have been explored by players. If you want to show your entire world including unexplored parts, pre-generate your world with Chunky and then start a full render, using the map fullrender or dynmap fullrender command

Updated on: 10/07/2025

Was this article helpful?

Thank you!