Adding plugins

Friday, November 6th, 2009 at 6:46 pm

In keeping with the back to basics theme that I have been following today lets go through how to add plugins to your blog. This has become extremely easy with the new version of WordPress. No longer do you need to know how to ftp (one of those words that can send chills down new people’s spine).

By the way ftp stands for file transfer protocol and in simple terms allows you to move files from your computer to your web host and vice versa and is one of the skills you need.

To add a plugin log in to your dashboard and when your menu is expanded you will see the following options.

2009-11-06 1833

Just click the add new button and you will get some more options.

2009-11-06 1835

You can search through the WordPress plugin data base to find a plug in. If you have already downloaded a plugin you can click the upload option then browse to find the zip file and install it that way.

The other categories just show you featured, popular or newest. The installation will be the same as for one you search for. When you search for a plug in you get a page with choices that come closest to matching your request.

2009-11-06 1839

You will get choices and you can see the ratings from others for these plugins. You can click the title on the left to see more details on each and when you decide click the install link on the right.

2009-11-06 1842

Click the red install now button and then fill in the connection information for your server. Once it is installed you can click the activate link and that is the end for most plugins although some will require some settings changes.

That is all you need to do to add a plugin to your blog.

About the author

Mike Paetzold got started blogging in 2003 and has become an expert on using WordPress. He has become known as The WordPress Guy.

After being an under ground niche marketer using his blogs he has surfaced to share some of the ways he uses blogs to enter various niches profitably.

If you would like help in building your business check out my coaching offer.