A lot of the tips I pass on to you all involve the installing and using of plugins. Plugins are part of what makes WordPress such a great platform to blog on. They not only help you with SEO / Findability, but also almost anything you could think of.
With that in mind, I thought I would take a second and walk you through the process of installing and activating a plugin on your WordPress blog.
As with anything else I tell you all about, if you do not feel like you have the skills to do any of this, please hire someone that is qualified to do so.
Now on to the steps:
1. Download the plugin. Normally it’s in a zip file. That means you will need to uncompress the files before you can use them.
2. Using the FTP client of your choice, upload the file to the plugin directory on your webserver. That is usually located at /wp-content/plugins. There are times that you’ll need to upload the entire directory into the plugin directory.
3. Then login to the WP admin dashboard of your blog, click on the Plugins tab to find and activate the plugin that you just uploaded to your server.
4. Keep in mind that there are some plugins that may need some customization. You can find the options located either under the Plugins tab or the Options tab - just look around.
Also please be sure to read the README file that comes with each plugin for installation details.
I hope this has been helpful information for you. Now that we have talked about installing them what is your favorite plugin? Why?
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Without a doubt Akismet anti spam. If you could only have one plugin this would be it.
Thanks Dave!