Play Video

How to Install and Manage a WordPress Plugin

WordPress Hosting made easy by GreenGeeks. Hosting starting from $4.95 per month. See more details: http://www.greengeeks.com/scripts/wordpress-hosting.php

hello everyone this is lawrence from greengeeks and today i’m going to show you how to install and manage a wordpress plugin there are thousands of plugins available to extend the capabilities of wordpress so i’m sure you’ll want to give some of them a try for this tutorial i’m going to assume you already know how to log into wordpress and i’ll just tap over to my administrative panel let’s get started by hovering over plugins and click add
new let’s say you were looking for a plug-in that will help you get ranks better on search engines I’m going to search for SEO which stands for search engine optimization go ahead and click search plugins now choose a plug-in from the list I’m going to go with this one right over here since Yost is pretty popular already if you want to learn more about the plugin click details this pop up over here is a complete description of the plugin after
you’ve read the description you can go ahead and close this box when you’re ready to install the plug-in click install now now click OK to confirm that you’d like to install this plugin our plugin is now installed click activate plugin to enable the plug-in on your wordpress website the plugin is now ready to be used let’s see what options are available for this plugin click settings you’ll see that each plug-in you install will have its own
configuration page this is a powerful feature of wordpress that allows you to control how each plug-in functions on your website this particular plugin has many options just remember to check every feature of any plugin you install to get the most out of your new plugin now let’s say you don’t want to use this plugin anymore i’ll show you how to deactivate and uninstall any unwanted wordpress plugins from here click on plugins now click
deactivate on the plugin you no longer wish to use the plugin is no longer being used to completely remove the plugin click delete now click this button right over here the plugin is now no longer part of your WordPress website that’s all for this tutorial I hope you found my advice helpful if you have any questions you can contact us 24 hours a day 7 days a week by phone live chat or through our client portal by submitting a ticket