WordPress plugin adds various functionalities to your WordPress site. The functionality can be anything like SEO, E-Commerce, E-Learning, caching, speed optimization etc. So it is always good to know the ways to install the plugins on your WordPress site.
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Direct Install
WordPress has huge repository of the plugins. You can see them here. WordPress gives you interface to directly install the plugins within your site. You can follow the steps given below:
1. Login to your WordPress site as an administrator
2. Navigate yourself to “Plugins” and click “Add New Plugin”.
3. You will see the screen below:
4. Once you see your desired plugin, click the install plugin button as shown below. Consider we are installing WooCommerce plugin.
5. Once the plugin is pulled from repository and is ready to activate, you can see the screen below:
