{"id":963,"date":"2022-03-23T13:51:32","date_gmt":"2022-03-23T13:51:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.hostinger.io\/support\/2022\/03\/23\/6081573-how-to-install-plugins-for-team-fortress-2-on-hostinger-vps\/"},"modified":"2026-10-09T06:39:23","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T06:39:23","slug":"6081573-how-to-install-plugins-for-team-fortress-2-on-hostinger-vps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/6081573-how-to-install-plugins-for-team-fortress-2-on-hostinger-vps\/","title":{"rendered":"How to install plugins for Team Fortress 2 on Hostinger VPS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"no-margin\">To install plugins for Team Fortress 2 on a Hostinger VPS, make sure MetaMod and SourceMod are installed, download plugins made for TF2, upload the <code>.smx<\/code> files to the <code>232250\/tf\/addons\/sourcemod\/plugins<\/code> folder in Game Panel File Manager, and restart your server. Plugins add features to your TF2 server, such as new maps, items, bots, and game modes.<\/p><h3 id=\"h_f99de40d45\">Prerequisites<\/h3><p class=\"no-margin\">Before you can install plugins, you need to make sure that you already have MetaMod and SourceMod frameworks installed on your server. A step-by-step guide can be found here: <b><a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/5922322-how-to-install-sourcemod-and-metamod-for-source-game-servers-at-hostinger\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to install Sourcemod and Metamod for Source game servers?<\/a><\/b><\/p><h2 id=\"h_c6b4fe7bd7\">Downloading plugins<\/h2><p class=\"no-margin\">Before you install plugins, you first need to find and download them. We&rsquo;d recommend checking out these forums for SourceMod and MetaMod plugins:<\/p><ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b><a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forums.alliedmods.net\/forumdisplay.php?f=123\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AlliedModers<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b><a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forums.alliedmods.net\/forumdisplay.php?f=76\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AlliedModers Source Plugins<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b><a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sourcemod.net\/plugins.php?author=&amp;cat=0&amp;description=&amp;mod=21&amp;search=1&amp;title=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SourceMod<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><p class=\"no-margin\"><b>NOTE:<\/b><\/p><ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">SourceMod and MetaMod support <b>multiple games<\/b>, therefore while looking for plugins, you need to <b>make sure that they are made for TF2.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><h2 id=\"h_23c7843290\">Installing plugins<\/h2><ol>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b><a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"\/support\/5577900-how-to-log-in-to-my-vps\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Login to your Game Panel<\/a> <\/b>and select your TF2 instance<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Open up File Manager and navigate to 232250 &rarr; tf &rarr; addons &rarr; sourcemod &rarr; plugins folder:<\/p>\n<div class=\"intercom-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2022\/03\/376f2f52-62db-477c-8962-be13aaff32ce.jpg\" alt=\"Hostinger VPS file manager showing the plugins folder with SMX plugin files and a disabled subfolder\" data-media-id=\"3903\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Upload your plugins to this folder. Make sure that you are <b>uploading files with .smx format<\/b> as these are the plugin files themselves. Sometimes you might need to extract archives in order to find the correct file<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Restart your server<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol><p class=\"no-margin\">Your Team Fortress 2 server now loads the plugins you uploaded, and their features are available in the game.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\"><b>NOTES<\/b><\/p><ul>\n<li>See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/6040043-how-to-host-a-team-fortress-2-dedicated-server-at-hostinger\/\">How to host a Team Fortress 2 Dedicated Server at Hostinger<\/a> for other details about hosting a Team Fortress 2 server on Game Panel.<\/li>\n<li>See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/5916326-how-to-host-a-counter-strike-2-dedicated-server-at-hostinger\/\">How to host a Counter-Strike 2 dedicated server at Hostinger<\/a> for other details about hosting a Counter-Strike 2 server on Game Panel.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Installing plugins in your TF2 server via Game Panel<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":581,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"include_on_kodee":true,"footnotes":""},"categories":[271],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-963","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-game-panel"],"hreflangs":[{"locale":"en-US","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/6081573-how-to-install-plugins-for-team-fortress-2-on-hostinger-vps\/","default":1},{"locale":"es-ES","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/es\/support\/6081573-como-instalar-plugins-para-team-fortress-2\/","default":0}],"include_on_kodee":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/963","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/581"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=963"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/963\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20105,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/963\/revisions\/20105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}