This is a beginners guide for WordPress users after installing WordPress in just 10 steps.
You may already know that WordPress allows you to add different
functionalities in the form of code to your WordPress blog by installing
plugin. Plugin is a piece of code which is embedded at run time into
your blog and hence gives extra features to your readers as well as you.
Plugins are everywhere from displaying related posts into your blog or
stopping spammer to leave comments on your blog. You just need to
download and install plugin, activate it, set some settings(some plugins
require) and plugin will do the rest for you. Its as easy as you would
have like means you don’t need to know any programming skills in order
to add functionality in your WordPress blog.
How to Install WordPress Plugin.
As i said earlier in new installation by default you will not get much functionalities in WordPress blog so you have to install plugins in order to enhance your blog. Now the first thing came into our minds is from where we get these plugins. The answer is that plugins are of two types free and premium. You can download free plugins from WordPress official plugin website and premium plugins from any website which sells plugins like Wpplugins. Now that you have get your desire plugin its time for your to install the plugin. Below are two famous ways through which you can easily install WordPress plugins.Install Plugin from Dashboard.
One thing you may have notice in the left side menu bar in your WordPress admin panel and that is Plugins menu. After you have download the plugin click the Plugins menu and than click on Add New link. This will open a new page in the right side of your Admin panel. Here you will many options like Search, Upload, Featured, Popular, Newest and recently Updated. Just click on Upload link and you will see anew page. Click Browse button and navigate to the directory where your downloaded plugin is located. Select your plugin and click Install Now button. After successful installation you will see Activate Now link. Just click on it in order to activate the plugin. Now your plugin is activated and running, some times it may require additional settings in that case a new menu will appear in the left side of your blog menu.One Click Plugin Updater.
There is another any very easy way to install WordPress plugins and that is via One Click Plugin Updater. What this plugin will do is to eliminate the donwload process of plugins and you simply have to mention the URL of the plugin and it will do the rest for you. But for this you have to install the plugin first via method mention above. Download the WordPress One Click Plugin Updater from here and install it via method mention above. After activating the plugin you will see a new option in the Plugins menu and that is Install a Plugin. Now every time you have to install a plugin you don’t need to download it, simply copy the download URL of that plugin, paste it in the URL box, select Plugin from drop down menu and click Install button. Congratulations today you have learned how to install plugin in WordPress.