Basics of WordPress - Setting up Plugins

Richard Butler

WordPressBasic-Plugins

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WordPressPlugins

InthisguideIshowyouhowtofind,install,configure,deactivateanddeleteplugins.

Basicallyeverythingyouneedtoknowbutwereafraidtoask!

Notealwaysusepluginsfromatrustedsourceandnever,everuseonesthathavebeen"nulled."Thesearepluginsthatarepaidpluginsbuthackershaveremovedthecopyprotection.Doingsoisnotonlyillegalbutmayallowthoseveryhackerstotakecontrolofyoursite.

Plugins

FromthemaindashboardclickonPlugins

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Plugins->AddNew

Onthisscreenyouwillseealltheinstalledplugins-allofthemshouldbeuptodateifyoufollowedtheprocessinthepreviousguide.

Click onAddNew toaddanewplugin-don'tworry ifyoudon'tknowthenameoftheplugin,wecoverthatonthenextslide!



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Searchplugins

In this screen you are going to search for a plugin that will help you with SEO (Search EngineOptimisation.)

Thiscangiveyourblogpostsandpagesabetterchangeofbeingindexedbythesearchengines-andthisissomethingyoureallywanttobedone!

Inthesearchscreen(highlighted)typeinAllInOne



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InstallNow

Nowthatyouhavedownloadedthepluginyouneedtoinstallit.

ClickonInstallNowtobegintheinstallprocess(that'sitthereisnootherstep!)

Activate

Actuallythereisonemorestep!YouhavetoActivatethepluginbyclickingonActivate-nowthatwasnottoohard!



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Installed

Thefollowingscreenwillappearconfirmingthatyouhaveinstalledtheplugincorrectly.

NowclickonPlugins ->InstalledPluginssothatyoucangothefinalstepforthisplugin(notallpluginswillhavethisstep)



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Configure

Forthispluginweneedtodosomeconfiguration.

ClickonSeoSettingstogototheconfigurationscreen.



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ConfiguringAllInOne

ScrolldownalittleuntilyouseetheHomePageSettings.

Thetwooptionsallowyoutoenterina:

HomeTitle-thisisthetitleofthehomepagethatappearsonthetitlebarofthebrowser,butmoreimportantlyitappearsonthesearchengineresultsasthetitleofyourpage.Thismustbecatchassearchersscandownapageofresultsandlookattheresultsthatcatchtheireye.

HomeDescription-belowthetitleintheresultsisashortdescriptionofthepagethatthepotentialsearcherwillencounterafterclickingontheresult.Itisimportantthatthisdescriptionisshort,tothepointandaccuratelydescribesthecontentsofthepage.Itshouldenticethesearchtoclick!

Theabovetwoelementsarecruciallyimportanttogetrightinordertoensurepeopleclickfromthesearchresultstoyoursite.



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TitleSettings

Onceyouhavesetthehomepagetitleanddescriptionthereisnotmuchmoretodotobehonest,howeverlet'slookatoneoptionhere.

AsyouscrolldownyouwillseetheTitleSettings.This iscontrollinghowthetitleswillappearinthesearchengines forotherpages.Thedefault is that itwill display thepage titleof thepostorpage-youcouldaddinsomethingatthebeginningorend,forexample:

-broughttoyoubyRichard

Ifyoudidaddthisitwouldappearattheendofeverypagetitle.However,youdon'tneedtochangeanything.



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CustomPostTypeSettings

Itisbesttoleavethisasitis,althoughwhatitallowsyoutodoistoselectthetypeofpostyouwantSEOfeaturestobeavailablefor.

Irecommendyouleaveitasitis.



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WebmasterVerification

If youwant togetevenmore fromyourwebsiteyoucanadd it to thegooglewebmasterconsole(https://www.google.com/webmasters/) where you will be able to find out more about howmanypagesareindexed,submitnewpagestobeindexedandmuchmore.

WhenyoucreateanaccountinGooglewebmasterandaddyoursiteyouwillbeaskedtoinsertaverificationcode(tomakesureyouown thesite.) In thiscaseyouwouldenter thecode into thehighlightedsection.



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GoogleSettings

In thissectionyoucanaddspecificGoogle informationsuchasyourGooglePlusprofile. IwouldsuggestselectingalltheoptionsbarDisableGooglePlusProfile.

IfyouhavenotsetupaGoogleAnalyticsaccountIwouldsuggestyoudothisasap.Thiswillhelptrackyourvisitorsandgiveyoualotofinformationregardingtheperformanceofyourwebsite.It'sfreeandeasytodo.

OnceyougetyourGAcodeyoushouldenterthepartthatstartsUA-inthesecondhighlightedboxonthescreen.



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UpdateOptions

NowthatyouhaveconfiguredalltheoptionsclickonUpdateOptions



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Deactivating&DeletingPlugins

Deactivate&Delete

Sometimesyoumayfindthatsomethingisnotworkingcorrectlywithyoursite.Thefirstthingyoushould do isdeactivate each plugin one by one. This can be done by clicking on the wordDeactivate.Thepluginwillnowbecomedeactivated.

Inthesecondhighlightedboxyoucanseetherearetwooptions:

Activate-tomakethepluginactiveagain

Delete-todeletetheplugin

When you delete a plugin itwill not only delete the plugin but also any data associatedwith theplugin,forexampleconfigurationsetc



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Deletingtheplugin

Whenyou click onDelete the followingdialogboxwillappearwarningyou that thepluginand itsdatawillbedeleted.

IfyouaresurepressOKifnotpressCancel

PluginDeleted

Anoticewillappearbrieflytellingyouthatthepluginhasbeendeleted



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Resources

Imentionedanumberofresourcesintheguide:

GoogleWebmasterTools

GoogleAnalytics

Rememberifyouwanttoprotectyourblogusethissoftware

Ifyouneedanymoreinformationvisitebits.ie



https://www.google.com/webmasters/

https://analytics.google.com/analytics/web/

http://iclickuniversity.com/likes/BlogDefender

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