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When to add moderators, how to structure ranks in LuckPerms and the panel, and the mistake that loses servers.

1 min readUpdated 2026-09-14Diese Anleitung auf Deutsch lesen →

When

When you cannot be online for every play session your community has. Usually around 15-20 regulars. Pick people who already help others in chat, not the ones who ask for the job.

In the game (LuckPerms)

Ranks with clear, small permission sets:

  • Helper: /kick, /mute, /co inspect, /tp to players. No /ban, no creative, no /give.
  • Moderator: Helper + /ban, /co rollback, WorldGuard region editing, /vanish.
  • Admin: Moderator + plugin configs, /lp, creative. This is you and maybe one other person.

Set it up: /lp creategroup helper, /lp group helper permission set essentials.kick true ... or use /lp editor in the browser. Give the rank with /lp user Name parent set helper.

In the panel

Only the people who need to restart the server or edit files get a subuser: console for moderators, files for developers. Nobody gets your website login.

The mistake

Giving OP or full panel access "for now" to a friend, then having a falling-out. Every server that got wiped by an insider had this story. Rights are easy to add later and painful to take back; start small.