CoreChestsort – Lightweight Chest & Inventory Sorting (GUI + Hotkeys)
CoreChestsort is a lightweight yet powerful chest & inventory sorting plugin for Paper/Purpur servers,
featuring a modern category-based sorting system, GUI controls and configurable hotkeys.
It provides a clean GUI to toggle sorting features per player, plus configurable hotkeys to sort containers and inventories quickly — while respecting protection plugins like Lands and WorldGuard.
Features
Supported Versions
Commands
Spoiler: Commands
Permissions
CoreChestsort supports permissions, but you can disable them in the config if you want everyone to use it.
Spoiler: Permissions
Hotkeys (Configurable)
Hotkeys can be enabled/disabled globally in config.yml, and players can toggle each hotkey individually via /sort hotkeys.
Spoiler: Hotkeys
Language
Spoiler: Language
Installation
Spoiler: Installation
Recommended Setup
If you want transfer hotkeys to include the hotbar too:
sorting:
ignore-hotbar-on-transfer: false
Demo server
If you find a bug or want a feature, comment or message with:
You can also join my Discord.
CoreChestsort is a lightweight yet powerful chest & inventory sorting plugin for Paper/Purpur servers,
featuring a modern category-based sorting system, GUI controls and configurable hotkeys.
It provides a clean GUI to toggle sorting features per player, plus configurable hotkeys to sort containers and inventories quickly — while respecting protection plugins like Lands and WorldGuard.
- Chest / container sorting (chests, barrels, shulker boxes, copper chests, etc.)
- Inventory sorting
- /invsort sorts inventory only (keeps hotbar untouched)
- /invsort hotbar sorts hotbar only
- Advanced Category System
- Fully configurable category-based sorting
- Structured 900–999 category layout
- Custom category .txt files
- Wildcard support (*_log, *_sword, etc.)
- Optional Bukkit/Paper tag support (e.g. tag:logs)
- Future-proof for new Minecraft items
- Player GUI
- Toggle auto chest sorting
- Toggle auto inventory sorting
- Enable/disable hotkeys per player
- Hotkeys
- Sort without typing commands
- Transfer items in/out of containers using outside-click hotkeys
- Protection support
- Respects Lands, GriefPrevention, WorldGuard, Towny and PlotSquared
- Sorting/transfer actions are blocked if a player can’t access the container
- Multi-language
- messagesEN.yml / messagesNL.yml
- Switch language via config.yml
- Fully customizable – translate everything yourself.
Supported Versions
- Server software: Paper / Purpur (Spigot should work, but Paper/Purpur is recommended)
- Minecraft versions: 1.21+ (recommended)
(If you run an older version, some click types/hotkeys may behave differently.)
Commands
Spoiler: Commands
Permissions
CoreChestsort supports permissions, but you can disable them in the config if you want everyone to use it.
Spoiler: Permissions
Hotkeys can be enabled/disabled globally in config.yml, and players can toggle each hotkey individually via /sort hotkeys.
Spoiler: Hotkeys
Language
Spoiler: Language
Installation
Spoiler: Installation
If you want transfer hotkeys to include the hotbar too:
sorting:
ignore-hotbar-on-transfer: false
Demo server
Issues / Suggestions / Support
If you find a bug or want a feature, comment or message with:
- Server version
- Plugin list (especially protection plugins)
- Steps to reproduce
You can also join my Discord.
