{"id":8508,"date":"2020-10-21T10:07:42","date_gmt":"2020-10-21T10:07:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/?p=8508"},"modified":"2024-04-24T07:55:18","modified_gmt":"2024-04-24T06:55:18","slug":"how-to-manage-plugins-in-wordpress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/how-to-manage-plugins-in-wordpress\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Manage Plugins in WordPress?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Steps to manage plugins in WordPress:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Log in to <strong>WordPress<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>On the left sidebar go to <strong>Plugins <\/strong>and click on<strong> Installed Plugins<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>You will see the list of installed plugins.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Screenshot-82.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13554\" src=\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Screenshot-82.jpg\" alt=\"Screenshot 82\" width=\"1366\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Screenshot-82.jpg 1366w, https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Screenshot-82-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Screenshot-82-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Screenshot-82-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1366px) 100vw, 1366px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>From here, you can <strong>Activate<\/strong> or <strong>Delete<\/strong> a plugin.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Screenshot-83.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13556\" src=\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Screenshot-83.jpg\" alt=\"Screenshot 83\" width=\"1366\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Screenshot-83.jpg 1366w, https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Screenshot-83-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Screenshot-83-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Screenshot-83-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1366px) 100vw, 1366px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>To add a new plugin, click on <strong>Add New<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Here, you will see the list of plugins.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Screenshot-84.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13557\" src=\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Screenshot-84.jpg\" alt=\"Screenshot 84\" width=\"1366\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Screenshot-84.jpg 1366w, https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Screenshot-84-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Screenshot-84-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Screenshot-84-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1366px) 100vw, 1366px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>If you want to find more plugins then click on the <strong>WordPress Plugin Directory<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>To edit a particular plugin, click on <strong>Plugin Editor.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Here, you will see the default plugin to edit.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Screenshot-87.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13558\" src=\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Screenshot-87.jpg\" alt=\"Screenshot 87\" width=\"1366\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Screenshot-87.jpg 1366w, https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Screenshot-87-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Screenshot-87-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Screenshot-87-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1366px) 100vw, 1366px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Now, to edit another plugin apart from the default, go to <strong>Select plugin to edit<\/strong> dropdown and choose your plugin.<\/li>\n<li>Then click on the <strong>Select<\/strong> button to get the code for that plugin.<\/li>\n<li>You can edit the code here but, it is only recommended for advanced users.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Screenshot-88.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13559\" src=\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Screenshot-88.jpg\" alt=\"Screenshot 88\" width=\"1366\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Screenshot-88.jpg 1366w, https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Screenshot-88-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Screenshot-88-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Screenshot-88-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1366px) 100vw, 1366px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Once you edit the code, make sure to click on <strong>Update File<\/strong> to save changes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>That&#8217;s how you can manage plugins in WordPress.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Steps to manage plugins in WordPress: Log in to WordPress. 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