In this video we quickly install a free WordPress plugin on to our WordPress site without having to use FTP.
Links:
Plugins: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/
How to install a WordPress Plugin
Installing plugins on to your WordPress is a quick and easy way to add extra functionality. There are a number of different ways to carry out the installation. Here's a few of our favourites.
How to install a WordPress Plugin using the Automatic installer
- Login to your WordPress Website
- Look down the left hand side and select Plugins->Add New
- In the search box type in the name of the plugin or some keywords
- Find the plugin you want to install
- Click install
- Wait
- Click activate
- You're done
How to install a WordPress Plugin Manually
This way is useful if you've downloaded a plugin to your computer from somewhere, like here.
- Login to your WordPress website
- Look down the left hand side and select Plugins->Add New
- Select upload from the links across the top
- Browse to your Zip file (make sure it's the right one, some plugins have a Zip inside a Zip)
- Select it
- Click install now
- Wait
- Click activate
- You're done
How to install a WordPress Plugin using FTP
- First you'll need to extract your plugins Zip file so you end up with a folder full of the plugins files.
- Connect to your website via FTP
- Browse to /wp-content/plugins/
- Upload the plugin folder you extracted
- Login to your WordPress website
- Look down the left hand side and select Plugins->Installed Plugins
- Find the plugin you just uploaded
- Click activate
- You're done
Hope you found this tutorial useful. Post any questions in the comments..
