Top 4 Different Ways To Install WordPress Plugin beginners guide

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WordPress is a full fledge software, and there are a couple of technical how to involve when you start using WordPress. Installing WordPress plugins is one of such thing that every self-hosted .

here you will read 4 different ways to install WordPress plugin .

WordPress blogger should know. WP Plugin Installation can be done in two ways, but here we will talk about most common and easy way and will talk about FTP way in brief. Technically,

WordPress offers two ways to install

 

WordPress plugins on your blog:

Search and install

Upload and install

1-FTP

In FTP method, you upload the plugin using a FTP software such as FileZilla or Cyberduck, and

activate and configure it. Whereas, in dashboard method, you search, find, install and activate the

plugin.

2-Search and Install Plugin from WordPress Dashboard:

WordPress dashboard is one of the easiest ways to search, find and install WordPress plugin. If you know the name of the plugin, you can directly search from the dashboard and install it.

Login to your blog dashboard and click on Plugins >Add new. You will see a screen like this and for

example sake, we will install WP optimize plugin. So, in this case, I searched for plugin WP optimize, and I got following results:

If you are searching about any new plugin, you can click on Details to see more information about that plugin. Make sure to see the compatibility score with your version of the plugin. If you know about the plugin, simply click on Install and activate the plugin as shown in next image.

 

If the plugin that you are searching for is already installed on your blog, you will get a result showing

already installed in front of the plugin.
So now next step is to go to the setting panel of that plugin and make all necessary changes. As
a blogger most of the time we make a mistake by installing plugins, but we miss out on properly
configuring the plugin, which makes it useful.
Tip: Whenever, installing a new WP plugin, make sure you read the documentation before 

installing.

3-Install WordPress plugin downloaded from 3rd party sites:

If you have downloaded WordPress plugin (Mostly premium), you can upload the .zip file and
install it from WordPress dashboard. Click on Add new plugin, there is an option to upload. Click
on that and upload the plugin folder. Do remember, at this moment WordPress only accept .zip

format for WordPress plugins and themes upload.

4-FTP method to Install WordPress Plugin:

This is another method that is very useful when you couldn’t install WP plugin using WordPress
dashboard. You simply download the WP plugin from WordPress plugin library, unzip it and
upload it to your WordPress plugin library using FTP software or cPanel. Normally, plugin upload
folder us located under wp-content/plugins. Once you are done uploading the file in unzipped
format, you can simply go to WordPress plugins folder under WP dashboard and activate the

plugin.

This is very useful for those who don’t have access to install plugins or themes from

dashboard due to server restriction.

Personally I prefer using dashboard search and upload feature and only in specific cases, Ineeded to use FTP method. Anyways, I assume if you just started with WordPress or if you
planning to start with WordPress, this guide to install WordPress plugin will be handy for you. If
you have any concern or question regarding WordPress plugins, Do let me know via comments.
Managing WordPress plugin is also easy, all you need to do is go to plugins folder under WP
dashboard and activate or deactivate the plugin. Some time, after installing a plugin you might
face issue while accessing your dashboard, in such cases you should simply log in to your FTP

account and disable that plugin by either renaming it.

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