WordPress For Dummies, 7th Edition

Chapter 7

Making the Most of WordPress Plugins

In This Chapter

Plugging in to plugins

Finding, downloading, and unpacking plugin files

Using the plugins that come with WordPress

Uploading and installing plugins

Activating and managing plugins

Uninstalling plugins

Exploring open source plugins

Half the fun of running a WordPress-powered website is playing with the hundreds of plugins that you can install to extend your site’s functions and options. WordPress plugins are like those really cool custom rims you put on your car: Although they don’t come with the car, they’re awesome accessories that make your car better than all the rest.

By itself, WordPress is a very powerful program for web publishing, but by customizing WordPress with plugins — add-on programs that give WordPress almost ...