In the previous tutorial, we introduced WordPress Theme And plug-in management. This time, let's talk about plug-in management. Looking back over the years, WordPress has developed from a simple blog system to a popular application in many e-commerce platforms, community exchanges, online education and other industries today. Its primary contribution is the plug-in mechanism. It is the plug-in mechanism that makes WordPress almost omnipotent, and it is the plug-in mechanism that enables every zero based Xiaobai to quickly realize their own entrepreneurial ideas. It should be said that there are many similarities between the management operations of plug-ins and themes, so the little friends who read the previous tutorial are more familiar with this article. All right, let's start!
1、 Plug in installation method A: add online in the background
After logging into the WordPress management background, click "Plug in" - "Install Plug in" in the left menu to open the official WordPress plug-in warehouse. There are a large number of free plug-ins. You can search for keywords, filter according to the classification of "features, hot, recommendations, and favorites", and further learn whether it is suitable for your site through the "More Details" on the plug-in list. We can see that under the category of "features", the first plug-in is the "classic editor". Now, although WordPress's block editor is increasingly perfect and powerful, many people continue to use the "classic editor" due to operational habits and other reasons. So, let's start by installing the plug-in. Installation is simple. Click "Install Now" on the list.
2、 Theme installation method B: background upload and add
Although there are thousands of WordPress official plug-in repositories, this is only part of all plug-in resources. Because many advanced versions of plug-ins are not in the official plug-in repository, and there are too many plug-ins developed by authors that have not been uploaded to the official plug-in repository, when we obtain a plug-in compression package through a third-party channel, You need to upload and add to install. The specific operation is to click "Upload Plug in" at the top on the "Plug in" - "Install Plug in" page in the WordPress management background menu, then find the pre prepared plug-in compression package through the "Select File" button, and click "Install Now".
3、 Theme installation method C: bypass background upload
In the previous tutorial, we mentioned that installing and adding WordPress Theme Essentially, it is the process of uploading the compressed package of a theme to the specified directory on the site and then decompressing it. Similarly, this principle also applies to plug-in installation. Therefore, we can upload the plug-in compression package to the "wp contentplugins" directory of the site and decompress it through a non WordPress background mode. The local environment is directly copied and decompressed. The directory hierarchy after decompression is as follows.
4、 Enabling, disabling, and deleting plug-ins
In the WordPress management background menu, under "Plug ins" - "Installed Plug ins" page, we can see all the plug-ins we have installed. There will be two options, "Enable" and "Delete", on the list of plug-ins that have not been enabled, and one option, "Disable", on the list of plug-ins that have been enabled, as long as you click accordingly. Note that "disabled" means that the code in the plug-in stops running but does not delete the plug-in. It can be enabled at any time if necessary; "Delete" is to delete the plug-in file completely and install it again if necessary. Therefore, it is recommended to make a backup before the "delete" operation.
These are some operations of WordPess plug-in management, including installation, enabling, disabling and deletion. Of course, most plug-ins need to be set up after they are installed and enabled. In the future, we will also make some useful tutorials for plug-ins, and you are welcome to continue to pay attention. After understanding the two classic features of WordPress, namely, themes and plug-ins, it's time to make some basic settings. So, in the next tutorial, we will introduce the settings of the WordPress site. Don't miss it!
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