Using the Wordpress Plugins Dashboard
Using the Wordpress Plugins Dashboard
Using the Wordpress Plugins Dashboard
The plugins dashboard is designed to give you complete access to manage the plugins installed on your Wordpress based site. From here you can install, activate, deactivate, and permanently remove plugins as you see fit. You can get to the plugins dashboard by opening your web browser and pointing it to your dashboard (http://yoursite.com/wp-admin). When you get there click on Plugins. you are then presented with a list of all your Wordpress Plugins. At this point if you haven't added any plugins, you should see only a few listed. These are the default plugins that come with Wordpress.
This screen shows you all you need to know about your plugins. At the top, just below Manage Plugins, you may see several links that give you several group views of all your plugins and each link allows you to toggle between the category groupings. The categories are as follows:
All - displays all of the plugins you have installed
Active - displays all of the plugins you have installed and currently active on your site.
Inactive - shows a list of plugins you have available on the system but not currently activated.
Upgrade Available - gives you a list of plugins you have on the system that need an upgrade. Plugin authors release upgrades to plugins when adding new features or possible addressing security issues.
Recently Active - shows the plugins you recently deactivated. This list is handy if you accidentally deactivate a plugin and need to quickly turn it back on.
All your plugins are listed in the middle portion of the page. Each one displays its name and description. Just below the name and description are Activate and Delete links for each Wordpress plugin. If a plugin is already activated you see Deactivate instead. To the right of Activate, Delete and Deactivate links are the current version of the plugin and possibly links to the author and the plugins site.
To the left of each plugin listed is a check box. The check boxes are used in connection with the bulk Actions list box. If you select all the plugins or a couple, you can then select an action from the list and perform that action on all selected plugins. this capability can save time if you are changing the stated of several plugins at once.
CAUTION: Deleting Permanently
Deleting a plugin permanently removes all the files associated with the plugin. If you do not want to use a plugin now and possibly try it later, I suggest just deactivating the plugin. If plugins are cluttering your workspace and you don't plan on using them anymore, there is nothing wrong with deleting the old plugins.
Below the plugins menu items are the following options:
Installed - takes you to a list of all installed plugins, or if upgrades are available, this option takes you to the list of plugins that have an upgrade available.
Add New - takes you to the search screen to start looking for plugins that you might want to install. This option allows you to search the list of plugins available on Wordpress.org. You can also upload a plugin that you got directly from a programer.
Editor - lets you edit the code of your plugins. If you're not familiar with PHP, you will not need the editor.
NOTE: File Permission for Plugins
To edit files properly and to be able to save them, you might need to check your file permissions on the files to make sure you have access to write to them.
CAUTION: Be careful when editing
Editing your plugins can cause them to become unstable unless you know what you are changing. Use the editor option with caution.
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