Basic Guide to Use and Manage Wordpress Plugins

Why WordPress Plugins?

Created of PHP scripts, the WordPress Plugins mainly intend to extend the basic functionalities of any WordPress created website or blog. With the help of great Plugins offered with best WordPress customization solutions, you can either add great new features to the blog or the website or you can enhance the features that already exist on the site with the help of the new additions offered by these Plugins.

Plugins are not required by a lot of users and thus are not incorporated in Wordpress, rather are available as options for the WordPress users, usually free. However, if you intend to develop plugins of your own, Plugin Resources hold a comprehensive list. 

How to find them?

Finding WordPress Plugins is not that very difficult, you can either find them directly through the Official Directory for WordPress Plugins or on the Administration Panels> Plugins > Add New panel.

Manage the updates and compatibility:

The WordPress Plugins Directory or the WordPress Plugin listing should be checked on a constant basis for information related to the latest updates and to determine the compatibility of the Plugins.

If an update is available, an alert on the menu title of the Plugin will inform you of it. You can follow the instructions mentioned for the Plugin update.

Installation:

You can either opt for manual Plugin installation or an automatic Plugin installation based on the requirement. The ReadMe file containing the detailed step-by-step instructions, can help a user with both the installations.

Add a Plugin to your Favorites:

This ability to add a plugin to favorites was added to the plugin storehouse back in the year of 2012. The further versions ensured a user could display along with installing the other favorite plugins easily by visiting the dashboard page for Add New plugins. 

How to favorite a plugin:

Adding a plugin to your user list of favorites follow the below mentioned steps:

Step1- Log in to the official plugin store of WordPress

Step2- Click the link for “Favorite” right below the download button of the plugins.

How to Uninstall the WordPress Plugin:

WordPress plugin uninstalling is not that very difficult task; however below mention steps will help you get with the process easily:

To uninstall the plugin:

Step 1- Go to the screen of the Plugins.

Step 2- Search for the one plugin that you need uninstalled and deactivated.

Step 3- Click on the Deactivate button.

This will initiate the deactivation of the plugin.

The above mentioned are the most important points that are needed to be followed in order to ensure the best and most effective management of the Plugins on a WordPress site. 

Thanks to WordPress Developers of TalentsFromIndia who helped us writing this blog.