Adding and Removing Plugins
Just as how you can add and remove themes, you can also add and remove plugins.
Plugins should also be unpacked/unzipped before you can upload them to your website using FTP.
You do this in windows explorer or something like that. Here you see the plugins I unpacked:
The directory where WordPress stores its plugins is:
httpdocs - wp-content - plugins
make sure you go into the plugin directory before you start uploading the new plugin.
Each plugin has its own directory, so make sure that the plugin you are uploading also is within its own named directory.
Select the directory of the plugin on the left, then either drag it to the right side or right-mouse button click and select upload to upload the entire plugin directory with its content.
Note that when you have uploaded a new plugin to WordPress, you need to activate this still within Dashboard - Plugins.
Plugins that malfunction are easily to remove by selecting them (right window) and pressing delete on your keyboard or right-mouse-button and delete.
Make sure you deactivate them, before deleting them.
It can be a good idea to make a backup (explained in page 5) before you do so, in case you made a mistake and deleted the wrong plugin. From backups we can easily restore plugins, themes and other files by uploading them back to the website.
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Thanks for this excellent training. I've been seeing references to FTP but had no idea what it was and how to use it. You detailed instructions will be a great reference tool!
Debbie
Really great to hear that the tutorial is exceeding your expectations. You are most welcome to share it on livechat, comments and private messages as well as using the affiliate link in your other stream of communication.
Steven
Mac is a bit different from Windows where I work upon, but all PC's, be it Mac, Windows or Linux come with hard disks and the organisation of files on it.
The documents folder on a Mac is most likely using cloud backup and is therefore an excellent place to store your backup, as it will automatically save to the cloud.
Steven
Very detailed and easy to understand bro, thanks again, peace! :-)
Sharing is caring, right? As far as I am concerned, the idea of the Open Learning Platform is that when one searches for a topic, one might find this tutorial.
Sharing on your own site (with referral link) is entirely okay. Sharing within WA is also perfectly fine. If you help someone out on chat and they ask for FTP help, you can link them this tutorial, for example, or your own if you happen to have one ;)
The reason I create these tutorials is that I find some stuff not available on the search bar. When I finished a tutorial it gives me the possibility to link the tutorial and share them with people on chat or in question forums.
But thanks for asking anyway. Appreciated. So share away!
Steven
