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In this chapter, we will study how to View Plugins, Install Plugins, Activate Plugins, Edit Plugins in WordPress. This post will helps you to enable and disable WordPress Plugins.
Plugin adds the unique features to an existing web site. Plugins extend and enlarge the functionality of WordPress.
Following are the simple steps to View Plugins in WordPress.
Step (1) − Click on Plugins → Installed Plugins in WordPress administrator.
Step (2) − You will see the list of existing plugins on your site as seen in the following screen.
A table of Plugin and Description is displayed. Names of the plugins are defined in Plugin column and a brief description about the plugin is defined under Description column.
TOOLBAR
Following functions appear as Plugin toolbar options on the page −
- Active − Shows the active plugins on the website.
- Inactive − Shows the installed but inactive plugins on the website.
- Update Available − Shows, if a new version is available or asks to update now.
Installing Plugins
It is really easy to install plugins. All the plugins are free to download; the only condition is that a plugin must be in the WordPress directory.
Following are the simple steps to Install Plugins in WordPress.
Step (1) − Click on Plugins → Add New in WordPress.
Step (2) − Enter your required plugin name in the search box as shown in the following screen. List of plugins which are relevant to the plugins name will get displayed as seen in the following screen.
Select the required plugin you want to use. Here, we have searched All in one SEO Pack plugin, which happens to be the first plugin as shown in the preceding screen. Click on install now button to install the plugin on your website.
Step (3) − The plugins automatically start downloading and installing.
Click on Activate Plugin to activate the plugin on your website, which makes your task much easier using this plugin.
Step (4) − Once activated, you will see the installed plugin in the list of plugins as seen in the following screen.
Plugin Editor
Note that you can only use this section If you are good in writing codes like HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and PHP and wish to edit plugin
Click 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 list and edit accordingly.
Finally, after editing the plugin files, click on Update file.
Footnote
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