So, I've spent more than the past year on a 1.7.10 modded minecraft server. I've spent countless hours making it exactly what I want in a place to play, except players (the whole point of a server) It's very lonely there for me as my friends can't play for an undetermined amount of time. I've been the only one funding it and it adds up. Let me get to the point-

I need a way to pause it.

I use a hosting company that has a panel, as well as ftp file access, so I need to know if I can copy all of the files from it to my computer, end the server, then when I start paying for a new one down the road, just paste all of the old files exactly the way they were before and the server be as if it was never halted. (Including plugin configuration)

Thank you to anyone with some experience that can shed light on my predicament