Plugin Guide – Step 2 – Upload

Upload Plugins to Your Blog
Once you have connected to your ftp site, you need to double-click the main blog folder, usually called “wordpress” or “blog”, then “wp_content” folder, then “plugins” folder. This is where you put the unzipped files you downloaded to your computer. Remember when you unzip them, they are usually extracted inside another folder so you need to make sure you are uploading the actual folder containing the plugin files.

Activate Your Plugins
In the admin/dashboard of your blog, go to Plugins, find the one you have uploaded and click on Activate. This usually activates one of the following:

1. A new widget appears under Presentation/Widgets. You can drag this onto your sidebar, double-click to customise, then save changes.
2. A new panel appears under Options which allows you to customise and manage the new plugin.
3. A new button or set of fields appears above or below every post allowing you to add new functionality to each new post you write.

The two most important plugins next…