How To Install WordPress Plugins
Previously, we covered up some basic ideas about Plugins. We hope you are already now aware of what plugin does and why it is needed to enhance the website performance. In this tutorial, we will learn how to Install WordPress Plugins using different methods.
How To Install WordPress Plugins
First Method
1: From your Dashboard navigation menu, Go to Plugins menu after login in and expand it by either clicking or hovering it. There you’ll see 3 sub-menus appearing: Installed Plugins, Add New, and Editor.
Installed Plugins page is the page where you can see a list of all the installed plugins on your website. After fresh WordPress installation, two plugins Akismet and Hello Dolly are installed by default. However, you need to activate the plugin in order to make it work on the site.
2: To upload a new plugin, click on the Add New link. There you can search the plugin of your choice writing on the search option field. You can also click featured, popular, newest and favorites link to browse the plugin lists.
Our first recommended plugin is Sucuri Security plugin which is very useful and popular for Hardcore WordPress Security and Scanner. Type the secury security on the top right Keyword Box. Now, you’ll see the lists of plugins appearing on your screen. Pick the first one and click “Install Now” button. To activate the plugin, click “Activate” plugin.
That’s all. You’ve successfully installed the plugin on your WordPress site.
Second Method
The second method is uploading the zip format of the plugin from your WordPress directory. WordPress makes it easy to upload the plugin directly downloading from you WordPress Plugin Repository. Just click the Upload Plugin link from the Add Plugins Page and upload the zip format file of the plugin. Now, activate the plugin just like above method.
Third Method
The third method is using the third-party software to upload the plugin. This is useful when you have no access to the /wp-admin page or need to edit/modify the WordPress files. There are tools like FileZilla, CuteFTP, etc. client based software from which you can connect/transfer files between a client and a server on the computer network.
Similar to the second method, download the plugin from WordPress repository. Here, you will need to extract the zip format file of the plugin. Now, login to your FTP Manager, locate Plugins folder(which you can find inside wp-contents folder) and expand it . Upload the extracted plugin folder in that directory. That’s all.
To activate the plugin, go to the Installed Plugin page from your Dashboard and activate the plugin.
This is how we Install WordPress Plugins using various methods.
