WordPress

Plugins
There’s a plugin
for that!

KIMBERLY DOSADO | ISAT-U

 WordPress Plugins

1 What are plugins? 2 Finding Plugins

3 Managing plugins 4 WordPress Plugin Directory

 Plugins

a piece of software code that enables an

application or program to do something it couldn't
by itself.

WordPress Plugins are PHP scripts that extend the

functionality of WordPress.
Installing Plugins
There are 3 ways to install WordPress plugins.

Automatic Plugin Upload via Manual Plugin

Installation WordPress Admin Installation
 1
Automatic Plugin
Navigate to Plugins > Add New.

Use the search form in the top-right to search

2
Installation
by keyword, author or tag.

On the search results that appear, click a plugin’s title

3 to read more about it.
This is the simplest method of installing a plugin.
To add a plugin using the built-in plugin installer: Click the Install Now button to install the
4 plugin.

5 Click Activate to activate the plugin.

 1
Manual Upload via
Navigate to Plugins > Add New.

Click the Upload Plugin button at the top of

2
WordPress Admin
the screen.

3 Select the zip file from your local filesystem.

If you have a copy of the plugin as a zip file, you can

manually upload it and install it through the Plugins admin
screen. 4 Click the Install Now button.

When installation is complete, you’ll see

“Plugin installed successfully.”
5 Click the Activate Plugin button at the bottom
of the page.
 If your plugin is in the form of a zip file, unzip the
1 contents. You should see a single folder named after the
plugin.

Look in the plugin folder for a readme.txt file. Read the

2 file to confirm that this is the correct plugin, and to look

Manual Plugin for any special instructions.

Connect to your WordPress server with your SFTP

3
Installation
client.

Copy the plugin folder to the wp-content/plugins folder

4 in your WordPress directory. This installs the plugin to
your WordPress site.
This procedure requires you to be familiar with the process of
transferring files using an SFTP client. Navigate to your Plugins admin screen and locate the
5 newly uploaded plugin in the list.

6 Click the plugin’s “Activate” link.

If there is one, click the plugin’s “View details” link to

7 learn more about the plugin.
 Step 1 Step 2

Plugin Updates
Look down the list of
Click the “Plugins” installed plugins for any
Plugin developers update their plugins link in the left nav of that include a line reading
occasionally, and those updates will be your site’s dashboard. “There is a new
version…”
visible to you on your site’s Plugins page. To
find any plugins installed on your site that
need to be updated, follow these steps.
Step 3 Step 4

Click the “View version…”

link in that note to view Click the “update
details about the plugin’s now” link to update
update. the plugin.
Uninstalling
1 Automatic Uninstallation

Plugins
The safe and easy way to uninstall a
plugin is via the WordPress admin
screen.

2 Manual Uninstallation

This procedure involves manually

deleting files from your WordPress
server.
Managing plugins:
https://wordpress.org/support/article/managing-plugins/#plugin-updates

WordPress Plugins Directory:

https://wordpress.org/plugins/

REFERENCES
Thank you!
Have a great day
ahead.