How To Install A WordPress Plugin (3 Easy Routes To Take)

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How To Install A WordPress Plugin (3 Easy Routes
To Take)
In this laser-focused article, you will find
information about one of the most important
components of WordPress websites i.e, Plugins.
We explain how to install WordPress plugins in
three easy ways. But before you read that part
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of the world. With that covered, now its time
to turn to the headline of this content. So,
lets take a look at it Introduction If
content is the power source of websites, plugins
are the functionality sources for sure. Plugins
are one of the many objects that make a
WordPress website and it is necessary that your
website have it in the right number. Anything
more or anything less could affect your website
performance. But here the matter is not that but
how to install plugins on Wordpress websites and
whats the easiest way to do it? So, lets look
into it and learn the methods for WordPress
plugin installation. This tutorial is focused
on new users of WordPress who want to
self-educate. How To Install And Activate
WordPress Plugins (The Fast Ways Shared) 1.
Install The Plugin From Your WordPress
Dashboard An easy way to add a plugin to your
website is by installing it from your WordPress
dashboard. By using this process for plugin
installation, you can
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be rest assured that you will get an official
plugin from WordPress.org repository. There are
some plugins that are not very much necessary for
your site and then there are plugins that are
extremely necessary. We recommend just a few
that you must install such as Google XML
Sitemaps, BackWPUp, and Yoast SEO. Make sure
these three plugins are always installed using
this method only. To begin plugin installation,
first of all you need to login to your WordPress
dashboard. Now open the menu items on your left
and go to Plugins gt Add New. Here you have to
type the plugin you are looking for in the search
box. Lets say I want to install a backup plugin
for my WordPresss website. In that case, Ill
enter backwpup in the search box and click on
the Search Plugins button just next to
it. Once I have done that, the search function
will display the plugin we are looking for in
the first place. Now I just have to click on the
Install Now button and then it will be installed
on our website. After the plugin is installed on
our website, it will ask whether we want to
activate it or not. Simply click on the Activate
Plugin link, available at the bottom left corner
of the page - Voila! Now the BackWPup plugin is
ready for use. Up to this point you learned how
to install a WordPress plugin from the official
repository. Aside from this if you want to
install a custom plugin on your WordPress
website, you can get in touch with the
accomplished W ordpress developers of our Los
Angeles web design company. Describe to them
your plugin specifications and once you have done
that, you can expect to get it in a few days.
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2. Upload Dashboard
The Plugin Through Your WordPress

• The next method we have on this list is plugin
  installation via your WordPress Dashboard. In
  this method, we use the WordPress dashboard not
  to look for the desired plugin but to manually
  upload the plugin we have downloaded before.
• This method is usually adopted when you want to
  install plugins that are
• Not available in the WordPress repository (such
  as BackupBuddy)
• Available on other platforms like GitHub
• Developed by you
• So, to start off the process you need to head to
  Plugins gt Add New and then click on the Upload
  link available at the top of the page.
• Just then a new page will open up on your screen
  through which you have to upload your plugin. We
  have chosen the zip file of the plugin that we
  want to upload on our WordPress website. Then, we
  clicked on the Install Now button and waited
  until the installation completed.
• Now its time to activate the plugin by clicking
  on the Activate Plugin link.
• In case the plugin you have uploaded is not
  working well on your WordPress website and you
  want some expert to resolve the problem, you
  must look forward to our experienced Wordpress
  website design c ompany. We have multiple
  seasoned technicians to look into your website
  issue and find out whats really stopping your
  site to function properly. Once we get it, we
  will report the same to you and bring your site
  back to normal working condition.

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3. Install A WordPress Plugin Using A FTP
Tool From my experience, I can say that this
method is the most solid way to install a
WordPress plugin on your site. To carry out this
process, you need to make sure you have FTP
access to your server. While there are a number
of web hosts on the market who offer this
convenience, it should not be a problem tracking
down the hosting companies who provide you with
FTP access. Now lets start executing the steps
first login to your FTP server using any FTP
client, though we recommend FileZilla. Then head
over WordPress installation directory and go to
wp-content/plugins folder. Here you need to
extract the files from the plugin archive and
paste that folder in the wp-content/plugins
folder. Remember if you directly upload the
plugin archive, WordPress will fail to identify
it. If I explain this to you with an example,
assume that you download W3 Total Cache plugin.
Now to upload this plugin through an FTP client,
you need to extract it from the archive first
that will generate a folder named
w3-total-cache. However, you will find
w3-total-cache.0.9.4 as the archive name in this
tutorial. After the extraction is done, now we
need to upload the plugin folder w3-total-cache
using our FTP software. Once thats done, we
head to Plugins gt Installed Plugins and then
search the plugin we just uploaded to our
WordPress dashboard. Here, a small Activate link
is present just below the plugin name, we simply
click on that and the plugin will be activated.
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So, this was the last method to install a plugin
on your WordPress website. If you have any query
or concern related to web hosts or their
offerings, you can make contact with the experts
of our Los Angeles web design company. We will
suggest to you what hosting companies you should
collaborate with to host your site. Dont worry
we will also check whether they provide FTP
access to your server or not. Some Tips To Keep
In Mind Before Installing A WordPress Plugin If
you have found the plugin you are looking for in
the WordPress.org repository, then go ahead and
install it there isnt any problem in doing
that. But when you are uploading a plugin on your
Wordpress website from some external source like
GitHub or others, make sure the developer is
credible and can be trusted. Taking such
precautions before plugin installation is
absolutely necessary because once you have added
any plugin to your site it gets full access to
your database that could be abused. You are not
offered options to grant permissions for certain
activities as you might be used to in mobile
devices when activating an Android application.
Some of the examples of trusted plugins include
Envato WordPress Toolkit that you wont find in
the WordPress repository. If you follow this
tip, chances are less that your WordPress website
will be injected with any malicious
code. Whats The Takeaway of This
Discussion? See its not a hidden fact that
plugins boosts the functionality of our site.
But when you make up your mind to install a
plugin, think whether you really need that
plugin or it can be avoided. The reason why I am
saying
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this is more plugins generates more queries and
more queries means slower execution. And if your
site has slow load time you will be left behind
in search engine rankings as compared to your
competitors. So, its better to install lesser
plugins so that your website feels lightweight
and it opens quickly when someone clicks on its
link. This will get you a good ranking in search
engine results and more people will come to your
site. Do you have any questions about how to
install a WordPress plugin? Drop it in the
comments section or if you like you can send it
to us wrapped in a nice email. We will reply to
your query as soon as we get it and help you
understand the methods in a better manner. If you
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