How to open to LAN with commands in Minecraft

Type /publish true 25566 in chat in your singleplayer world to open it to LAN on port 25566 with commands allowed.

publish

Opens a singleplayer world to your local network (LAN), optionally allowing commands and choosing a port.

/publish [<allowCommands>] [<port>]

Examples

/publish

Opens the world to LAN.

/publish true 25566

Opens to LAN on port 25566 with commands allowed.

Arguments

allowCommandsOptional: true lets LAN players use commands.
portOptional: Port to host on, from 0 to 65535.

What it does

This is the command version of Open to LAN and is meant for singleplayer worlds; a dedicated server already accepts connections. allowCommands sets whether LAN players can use commands, and port picks the port.

Good to know

Needs operator permission level 4 (owner), the level op grants by default.

Run it on your server

On a SLASHPLAY server, type it in the Console tab without the leading slash; in game, operators type it in chat with the slash. New to this? Start a Minecraft server first.

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