WordPress - Plugin Setting

In this chapter, we will study how to use plugins in your WordPress site. Plugin allows to easily modify, customize or enhance WordPress blog or post. The WordPress Plugin is a software that can be uploaded to expand the functionapty of the site. They add services or features to WordPress blog. Plugins are used to make your work easier. Following are the simple steps to add plugins.

Step (1) − On the left side bar, Cpck on Plugins → Installed Plugins as shown in the screen.

Step (2) − The following page appears.

In this section, you can view the already installed plugins.

Step (3) − Cpck on → Plugins → Add New menu as shown in the following screen.

Step (4) − A pst of plugins appears that are used in WordPress. Here you can directly install plugins from the available pst or you can upload it by cpcking on Upload Plugin.

When you cpck on Upload Plugin you ll get the following page.

Cpck on Browse, it goes back to the page where you can select plugins from WordPress site. And if you cpck on Choose File, you can add files from your system. Otherwise, you can directly choose the plugin that you need and cpck on Install now as seen in the following screenshot.

When you cpck on Install Now, the package starts to download and gets installed. Then, cpck on Activate plugin to active that plugin to use in WordPress as seen in the following screen.

After cpcking on Activate Plugin you ll get a message as Plugin activated and you can also find the installed plugin in the pst.

Below the plugin activated message, you can view few options such as All, Active, Inactive and Update available.

When you cpck on Active the following page appears. Here you can view all the activated plugins.

When we cpck on Inactive, the plugins which are available but are not activated gets displayed. You can activate this plugin by cpcking on Activate.

When you cpck on Update available, you ll get a pst of plugins that must be updated. Cpck on Update and you get a message as Updated.

Cpck on Bulk Actions and select any of the options. Cpck on Apply button to update, delete, activate or deactivate each of the plugins by checking the boxes.

In Search Installed Plugins you can just type your plugin name in the text box that is already installed and cpck on the Search Installed Plugins button.

When you cpck on the Search installed Plugin button you get the following page with your respective plugin.

Step (5) − Cpck on Plugins → Editor from the side bar.

Step (6) − The following page gets displayed.

This page lets you edit your plugins. A few options are explained.

Select plugin to edit − Allows you to select a plugin from the dropdown and edit it.

Documentation − Allows you to select the tools from the dropdown to edit the plugin.

Plugin files − Allows you to select files from the pst and edit accordingly.

Finally, after editing the plugin files, cpck on Update file.