Vertical Planks
by Nikas_Kunitz
Vertical Planks, a Forge decoration mod, adds a vertical variant of each wood plank type with its own stairs, slabs, fences and fence gates, for builders who want roofs and walls cut from wood.
What it does
Each wood type gets five new blocks: a vertical planks block, vertical stairs, vertical slabs, vertical fences and vertical fence gates. The mod is built on the singular planks block, so the new blocks rotate and mirror the vanilla planks texture instead of shipping new textures, which keeps them looking like the rest of the game. Its own description notes that it is compatible with both modern vanilla textures and older resource packs.
Vertical stairs and slabs line up with the vanilla planks pattern when placed, so a roof made of them reads as one continuous surface. The author describes the stairs as a practical roofing material and suggests vertical planks for walls, floors and the shortest span in a room. Files target Forge only, and the mod is listed under the 1.20.1 game version with the 1.0-1.20.1 file published on 2026-04-07.
Players need Redstone Emitters, a datapack or another mod that supplies the recipe changes, because the crafting recipes depend on it. Without that dependency, some wooden button recipes are lost. The mod is client and server, so the server and every player need it. The code is under All rights reserved, and the mod is not open source.
Key features
Five blocks per wood type
Vertical planks, stairs, slabs, fences and fence gates are added for every wood type, arranged as a family of matching blocks.
Vanilla-matched textures
The new blocks reuse the vanilla planks texture through rotation and mirroring, so they blend with existing wood.
Roof and wall pieces
Vertical stairs and slabs fit together into roofs, walls and floors without visible seams.
Crafting recipes
A converting recipe links the vertical blocks to vanilla planks, and the author kept the basic recipe for each type.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
How it compares
YAF's Colored Planks is a Forge decoration mod for 1.19.4 – 1.20.1 under All rights reserved, and it adds colored planks rather than vertical shapes. Sculk Blockset is open source under the MIT License for Fabric and Forge across 1.20.1 – 1.20.2, and it adds sculk-themed blocks instead of wood variants. Dyeable Wood is released under the MIT License for Forge and NeoForge across 1.19.4 – 1.21.1, and it lets wood be dyed.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vertical Planks | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2026-04-07 |
| YAF's Colored Planks | Forge | 1.19.4 – 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2024-09-06 |
| Sculk Blockset | Fabric and Forge | 1.20.1 – 1.20.2 | Client and server | 2025-10-30 |
| Dyeable Wood | Forge and NeoForge | 1.19.4 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2024-10-10 |
Questions
Does Vertical Planks need a recipe mod?
Does the server need Vertical Planks?
Will the vertical blocks match resource packs?
In the catalog
Vertical Planks is one of 12,078 Decoration mods on ModsFinder, and one of 6,149 Decoration mods for Forge. 34,764 mods support Minecraft 1.20.1.
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What the author says
"This mod is so seamless that it is not even a vanilla+, it feels like just vanilla!" Requires my Redstone Emitters Require Redstone mod/datapack, or any other datapack/mod that frees up crafting recipe of a singular planks block. Without it, you either will lose (some of) wooden buttons or vertical planks recipes…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/vertical-planks
- Owner
- Nikas_Kunitz
- Published
- 2026-04-07
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-04-07
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15