WordPress Plugin FAQs

What is a WordPress plugin?
One of WordPress’s many virtues includes its Plugin feature. The WordPress plugin feature allows users to enhance the functionality of their blogs and utilise tools to customise the blog to suit its theme and genre.

Where is the WordPress plugin feature located?
The WordPress plugin feature is located in the admin area of a blog. When logged in, you can see a tab labelled ‘plugins’ which will take you to a list of installed WordPress Plugins waiting to be activated. Each WordPress plugin will have a description of its uses and what version of WordPress is required for it to function correctly.

What does a WordPress plugin do?
Depending on the individual WordPress plugin, these little applications can do a range of things. Each plugin will have a different function. Some can enable your blog to playback YouTube videos, whereas others can give you more SEO options to improve the ranking of your blog. WordPress Plugins are created by computer developers all over the world to be used on the WordPress platform.

Where can I download WordPress Plugins?
You can download WordPress Plugins directly from the WordPress homepage. There are new Plugins added everyday, as well as information on the most popular Plugins.

How do I install a WordPress plugin?
Simply upload the full directory to your wp-content/Plugins directory using ftp. You will need to make sitemap.xml and sitemap.xml.gz writeable via CHMOD 666. Then you can activate the WordPress plugin from inside your blog (under the ‘Options’ menu) and begin to build a sitemap.