Plugins & Extensions

Plug-ins are programming scripts that can add additional functionality to a blog. You can quickly add features that enhance your site. It is not required to use plug-ins in order to use the WordPress blog, but it has some definite benefits if you do implement them. Thousands of plug-ins are available and it can be difficult sorting through them all and finding ones you want and need. These plug-ins are designed by volunteers and are free to the public. Seeing as they are created on a volunteer basis, running into bugs and problems can occur and should be noted. There is plenty of documentation and user input that can help you make the right choice and troubleshoot if necassary.

Plug-ins are added by selecting the plug-in section form the dashboard. It is here you can browser or search the thousands of plug-ins avaliable. Once you have uploaded a plug-in to your plug yu will need to activate it from the Plug-ins Managment page and enjoy.