How To Make A Minecraft Server Which Works For Multiple Versions [duplicate]

This can be solved by using plugins on your server to create multi-version support.

To make the plugin work, you must first set up your server. This will require that the server be set to the latest supported version, in this case, version 1.8. Any new features that are added after this version won't be available to any players.

There are many plugins that can create multi-version support. The most popular is Via Version. Spigot can be used to run this plugin.

This plugin is suitable for your server as it can provide 1.8 to 1.13.2 support. Here is a table based on server client version.

After installing the plugin to your server players can connect to any of the versions 1.8.0 through 1.13.2.

This video tutorial will show you how to set Via Version.

They do it using a mod. Vanilla Minecraft does not have this feature.

And for good reasons, because opening a server for more than one version brings with it lots of compatibility issues, many of which are impossible to solve. There is usually no reason to have a server that supports more than one version. Players can simply start Minecraft on the server's version to enjoy it.

Questions about modded Minecraft are permitted, as far as I know. Ealatorre.com In that case, your answer is not really an answer, as it does not bring any help to the user who asked the question. - Quijibo Apr 23, 2019 at 13:42

My main answer to this question is "Don't do it." This is a recommendation question. Fabian Roling April 23, 2019, at 15:49

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