2 Ways To Install WordPress Plugin

The basic function of a self-hosted WordPress is actually not much different from WordPress.com, Blogger, Tumblr, and other CMS.

Which makes different is the presence WordPress plugin.

By installing the plugin, you can add any features you want without touching programming code in the slightest.

WordPress has many plugins. very much.

In the official directory alone there were more than 40,000 plugins available for free.

Now we will learn how to install WordPress plugin.

Method 1 - Installing a plugin for free from the official directory

Step 1: Open the WordPress dashboard

As usual, go to http://yourdomain.com/wp-admin then go to the following menu:

Plugins> Add New

Step 2: Find a plugin you need

In the next chapter, I will discuss some of the best plugins that you need to install. For now, we practice first.

To see the popular plugin, click the Download tab.

Having met you want to install, click the Install Now  button.

Then click Activate to activate the plugin.

Done.

Method 2 - Installing plugins unofficial

If you buy / get a plugin from other places like CodeCanyon or the other, then the above can not be done.

This is how:

Step 1: Download your plugin

Plugins are ready to be installed is a .zip format.

But you should check again in it. If in the .zip file is no longer a .zip file, then remove the .zip file inside.

in .zip you should have one folder with the same name as the title of the plugin.

Step 2a: Upload to WordPress via the dashboard

Go to the menu Plugins> Add New.

Click Upload Plugin. Select the .zip file that you have downloaded.

Once the upload is complete, click Activate.

Done.

Step 2b: Upload to WordPress via FTP

Stages plugin installation is complete. This alternative to the stage 2a, only for those who can not install the plugin via the dashboard.

Open CPanel (http://yourdomain.com/cpanel) and then login.

Sign in to the File Manager application.

Then go into this directory:

public_html/wp-content/plugin/

Here you will see there are some plugins directory. Upload your .zip here.

After the upload process is complete, extract the .zip.

Then go to the Plugins> Installed Plugins, find the title of a new plugin that you uploaded earlier.

Then click the Activate button.

Done.

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