Managing plugins

WordPress provides a wonderful built-in plugin manager for installing, activating, deactivating, and editing plugins. You will be spending a good majority of your time in the plugin manager. The sooner you become comfortable with it, the better.

  • Add New Plugin button lets you browse quickly all of the available plugins from WordPress's Plugin Directory directly from your Administrator section.
  • The Search for Plugins input box will allow you to quickly filter through all of the plugins you currently have installed.
  • Organize your currently installed plugins by clicking on any of the filter links like Active, Inactive, and Upgrade Available.
  • Out-of-Date plugins are signified by the presence of the yellow bar that states "There is a ...

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