World Manager

Manage every Minecraft world on your Pterodactyl server. Add, switch and reset dimensions, and tweak world options without touching the file manager.

World Manager | Pterodactyl v2

Installation

Step 1: Download the extension

Download world-manager-1.0.0.pteroext from your purchase.

Step 2: Install in the Panel

  1. Sign in to your Panel as an administrator.
  2. Go to Admin → Extensions.
  3. Click Install and upload the .pteroext file.
  4. Toggle the extension on to enable it, then reload the page.

A Worlds tab now appears in the sidebar of each server.

Alternative: install from the command line

php artisan p:extension:install world-manager-1.0.0.pteroext --enable

Manage worlds

Open a server and click Worlds in the server sidebar. The Worlds tab lists world folders found in the server's root directory. It shows the active world, world size, last modified time, and available dimensions such as the Nether and The End.

  • Refresh the list after making changes outside the Panel.
  • Make active changes the level-name in server.properties.
  • World options opens the editable settings from server.properties.
  • Delete permanently removes the selected world files after confirmation.

Stop the server before switching or deleting worlds. Restart the server after changing the active world or any world option so Minecraft loads the new configuration.

Add a world

Click Add a world and choose one of the available methods:

  • Create new: choose a world type and seed. The extension updates server.properties; the new world is generated on the next restart.
  • From a link: paste a direct link to a .zip or supported archive such as .tar.gz. The Panel downloads and extracts it into the chosen world folder.
  • Upload a file: choose a world archive from your computer. Supported archive formats include ZIP, TAR, GZ, BZ2, XZ, RAR, and 7Z files.

Give the world a unique folder name. When installing or creating a world, you can choose Make this the active world. This updates level-name; restart the server before expecting Minecraft to load it.

World options

Open the World options tab to edit the settings detected in server.properties. Depending on the server software, these can include:

  • Difficulty and game mode
  • World generation and seed settings
  • Spawn protection and spawn-related settings
  • Structure generation, flight, PvP, and other server options

Changed values are highlighted until you save or discard them. Click Save to write the changes to server.properties. Most changes require a server restart and some only apply when a new world is generated.

Permissions

Viewing worlds requires file.read. Creating, installing, switching, or editing world settings requires both file.create and file.update. Deleting a world requires file.delete. Server owners and administrators normally have these permissions; grant them to sub users in the server's User editor when needed.

Managing the extension

Action How
Disable without removing Toggle the extension off, or php artisan p:extension:disable world-manager
Update Install the newer .pteroext over the top from the Extensions page
Remove Click Remove on the Extensions page, or php artisan p:extension:remove world-manager

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