{"id":15,"date":"2020-12-16T14:27:24","date_gmt":"2020-12-16T14:27:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wow-company.com\/faq\/?p=15"},"modified":"2020-12-16T14:33:11","modified_gmt":"2020-12-16T14:33:11","slug":"install-plugins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wow-company.com\/faq\/getting-started\/plugins\/15\/","title":{"rendered":"Install Plugins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In order to utilize any of our WordPress plugins, you\u2019ll need to first install and activate them. There are two different ways it can be done. One is via the WordPress installer and the other is via FTP.<\/p>\n<h2>Install via Dashboard<\/h2>\n<p>1. The process is just like installing a normal plugin. In your WordPress dashboard, go to Plugins \u2192 Add New.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wow-company.com\/faq\/install-plugins\/install-1\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-16\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/wow-company.com\/faq\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2020\/12\/Install-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"161\" height=\"133\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>2. From there you\u2019ll see an option for Upload Plugin.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wow-company.com\/faq\/install-plugins\/install-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-21\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-21 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/wow-company.com\/faq\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2020\/12\/Install-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"281\" height=\"58\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>3. Use the file chooser, navigate your computer files, and select the ZIP file for your downloaded plugin.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wow-company.com\/faq\/install-plugins\/install-3\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/wow-company.com\/faq\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2020\/12\/Install-3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"627\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wow-company.com\/faq\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2020\/12\/Install-3.png 627w, https:\/\/wow-company.com\/faq\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2020\/12\/Install-3-300x108.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 627px) 100vw, 627px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>4. Once it\u2019s uploaded, click the \u201c Activate\u201d link.<\/p>\n<h2>Install via FTP<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Download the plugin from the source to your computer.<\/li>\n<li>After you download the plugin to your computer, if it\u2019s in a compressed Zip file, unzip it to access the uncompressed files. If the file is zipped (compressed), use a free web application (such as WinZip) to unzip the plugin.<\/li>\n<li>Connect to your server using your preferred FTP application.<\/li>\n<li>Navigate to the wp-content folder within the WordPress installation for your website.<\/li>\n<li>In the wp-content directory, find the plugins directory; upload your plugin to this location via FTP. Congratulations \u2014 your plugin is installed, but you still need to activate it.<\/li>\n<li>Choose Plugins\u2192Plugins on your Dashboard. The Installing Plugin page appears.<\/li>\n<li>Click the Activate link that appears below the plugin\u2019s title.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In order to utilize any of our WordPress plugins, you\u2019ll need to first install and activate them. There are two different ways it can be done. One is via the WordPress installer and the other is via FTP. Install via Dashboard 1. The process is just like installing a normal plugin. In your WordPress dashboard, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[7],"class_list":["post-15","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plugins","tag-plugin"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wow-company.com\/faq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wow-company.com\/faq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wow-company.com\/faq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wow-company.com\/faq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wow-company.com\/faq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/wow-company.com\/faq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23,"href":"https:\/\/wow-company.com\/faq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15\/revisions\/23"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wow-company.com\/faq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wow-company.com\/faq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wow-company.com\/faq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}