Hi guys,
In this video we are going to see how you can install a plugin in WordPress.
So what are WordPress plugins?
Wordpress plugins are used to add new features to your WordPress website.
For example, let's say you want to play a video on your phone
But you are not able to play it.
you can just go the app store
and then install your video player app
which will play your video file
So the same way
If you want to add a new feature to your website,
which is not available in WordPress by default,
You can install a plugin to add that feature to your site
So, Lets get started
Now to install a plugin in WordPress, There are 2 methods
The first method is to install the plugin using the search from the WordPress dashboard
So to install the plugin using "Search"
Lets go to our WordPress Dashboard, and then go to "Plugins"
And click "Add new"
Now here, search for the plugin which you want
Lets say you want to add Contact Form to your site,
So just search for Contact Form
And you will get different ‘Contact Form’ plugins which you can add to your site.
Now let’s say you want to install this plugin,
So just click "Install Now"
And now the plugin will be installed on your site.
But right now it is not active yet.
Now in order to activate the plugin, you need to click ‘Activate’
And now the plugin will be enabled on your site.
So as you can see,
We have now installed this plugin on our site.
So this is how you can install a plugin in WordPress.
Once you install the plugin, how do you use that plugin?
So once you install a plugin there are a few common places where
you can access or control its settings.
The first place is from this page.
Here you can see that we have a ‘Settings’ option, under the plugin’s name.
So now if we click here, we can now access the plugins features.
and we can create new contact forms
Okay
So let’s go back.
Now the other place where new plugins can appear, is on this sidebar.
So here you can see that once we installed the plugin,
We got a new item called, ‘Contact’
Now if we go here you can access all the features of the plugin.
Now if you are not able to figure out how to access the plugin,
just click "View Details"
And here we can find the details
about the plugin and how you can use it.
Now every plugin in wordpress has different features
and will work differently.
For example, if you install a page builder plugin like elementor,
And if you go to the add new page section,
It will add a New button like this,
Which you can use
to build the page, using the plugin.
So each plugin will work slightly different based
on what it’s designed to do.
So this is how plugins work in wordpress.
And now you know, how you can install a plugin using search.
Next, let's look at the 2nd method of installing a plugin in WordPress.
Which is by uploading the plugin .zip file.
Now sometimes you might receive a plugin in a .zip format.
For example, when you buy a premium plugin,
You’re likely to get the plugin as a .zip file.
Now in order to Install this plugin, on your WordPress site,
You need to upload this file, to WordPress.
So to upload this plugin, let's go to our WordPress dashboard
and then go to plugins and click "Add New"
Now instead of using the search box, let's click ‘Upload plugin’.
And now here you need to select your plugin.
So I'm going to click Choose File
and then select the plugin .zip file.
and the plugin is installed. You need to click activate and as you can see, the plugin is now active. And here you can see that a new item called wpforms has been added to our menu, So this is how you can install a plugin by uploading it’s zip file. So now you know how you can install and use plugins in wordpress.
And as you can see, the plugin has been selected.
So now, To install the plugin, all you have to do is..
Click Install
And the plugin is installed
Now to enable the plugin on your site, you need to click "Activate"'
And as you can see, the plugin is now active
And here, you can see that a new item called "WP Forms" has been added to our menu
So this is how you can install a plugin by uploading its .zip file
So now you know, how you can install and use plugins in WordPress
Now as WordPress has thousands of free and premium plugins available, you can do a lot of things with your website
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