WordPress Basics
  • Introduction
  • Introduction
    • Introduction
  • Accessing your WordPress site
    • Accessing Your Site
    • Logging Into Your Site
    • Resetting Your Password
    • Switching From Dashboard to Live Site
  • Adding content to your site
    • Creating a Post
    • Creating a Page
    • Working with content in the Visual editor
    • Working with code in the Text editor
    • Creating a Link
    • Editing a Link
    • Adding an Image to a Page or Post
    • Wrapping Text Around an Image
    • Editing Image Details
    • Removing an Image From a Page or Post
    • Adding a Featured Image to a Post
    • Deleting a Post
    • Deleting a Page
  • Working with Menus
    • Creating a Menu
    • Adding Pages to a Menu
    • Removing Pages From a Menu
    • Creating a Custom Link Menu item
    • Changing a button label
    • Changing the order of Menu items
    • Creating a fly-out Menu
    • Managing the Menu location
  • Working with Plugins
    • Adding a Plugin to your site
    • Finding plugin instructions
    • Updating your Plugins
    • Deactivating a Plugin
    • Deleting a Plugin
  • Changing the look of your site
    • Adding a theme to your site
    • Changing themes
    • Managing the Menu after switching themes
    • Using the Customizer
    • Working with Widgets
    • Updating your themes
  • Site settings and administration
    • Creating a static front page
    • Creating a page for posts
    • Changing the format of permalinks
    • Changing your password
    • Changing your email address
    • Managing spam comments
    • Updating your WordPress installation
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  1. Working with Plugins

Finding plugin instructions

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Plugin instructions are usually found on the plugin's WordPress Plugin Directory page.

  1. Go to the .

  2. In the Search plugins field, enter the name of a plugin. (Be exact. Plugins often have similar names.) Press Return.

  3. On the search results page, find the plugin and go to its WordPress Plugin Directory page. Use the tabs (Desciption, Installation, FAQ, Screenshots) to find out how to set up and use the plugin.

Note: You most likely already installed and activated the plugin. If that's the case, skip any install and activate steps on the plugin's WordPress Plugin Directory page.

WordPress Plugin Directory