WordPress Plugin Installation Guide Video

Posted by Jeff

on February 17, 2008

Installing a WordPress plugin is very easy once you learn the basics and the steps involved. After you install the plugin showed in this WordPress guide video you may never need to use an FTP client to upload WordPress plugins and WordPress themes again.

The steps outlined in this video are for installing a plugin that requires its whole folder or directory to be uploaded to your hosting account. Usually uploading an entire folder is required when there are mutiple files associated with the plugin. Some plugins only require a single file to be uploaded while some may require other files to be uploaded into other directories. Always read the instructions supplied with the plugin to eliminate any issues.

The steps outlined in the video are as follows:

Download the plugin
Extract or unzip the compress file
Read the installation instructions
Connect to your hosting account with an FTP client
Upload the plugin
Activate the plugin from the WordPress dashboard

You can download the One Click Installer on WordPress.org here:
One Click Installer

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Comments

Comment by Lisa Nelson on March 24, 2008 @ 4:13 pm

Hi Max,

What go me started on this today was wanting to at a bumpzee plugin to my blog site. I have never used an FTP before. I have downloaded FileZilla and I have downloaded one click. Now, what I am unable to do is get the one click download to wordpress. I have no idea what “host” to use. Please help, ~Lisa

Comment by Jeff on March 24, 2008 @ 6:43 pm

Lisa, Your blog is hosted on WordPress.com and sorry, I can’t help you with. This site is focused on blogs that are self-hosted WordPress blogs on their own domain, I suggest that you try the WordPress.com forum for help.

WordPress.com hosted sites have restrictions on them that I am not a fan, nor am I well versed in.

Jeff (Max)

Comment by John Roberts on June 4, 2009 @ 12:43 pm

Very useful video. Plugins installation are among the most frustrating procedures in wordpress. I think that should wordpress establish an step by step guide. I don’t like the extraction to plugins directory system. I prefer the joomla way , where every extensions is installed though administrators control panel.

Comment by joomla extensions on August 29, 2009 @ 9:54 pm

Awesome. Just what I was looking for.Thanks a bunch for the video. I really needed this. Simple and nice. Thanks

Comment by Rockfuse on September 10, 2009 @ 2:55 pm

Brilliant!Thanks a lot. The guidance that i got from the video helped me a lot and saved my time as well. I found it really easy from the very beginning,downloading the plugin and till activating it. Thanks for making the process easier moreover for the instructions.!

Comment by Dizi izle on September 11, 2009 @ 1:09 am

Very useful wordpress plugin.Thanks.

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