WordPress Plugins
Maybe you always wanted a feature that wasn’t available in the latest version of WordPress. What you can do is install a third-party plugin or write your own custom code to extend WordPress features.
WordPress plugins are programming code that enhance the features of a standard
WordPress installation. A well written plugin will basically be “drag and drop”
without modifying the core WordPress code. As WordPress has been designed in
modular, plugins allow you to customize your site to your specific needs
without modifying the core of WordPress.
Since version 1.2 of Wordress, plugins are available. WordPress plugins can
be classified according to the characteristic it provides. Here is a list of various features.
that you can implement for your website through WordPress plugins.
Administration – Install WordPress plugins to customize features like administration tools,
Antispam, Comments, Meta, Restriction, Statistics, Syntax highlighting,
Syndication, Tweaking, etc.
Layout, Layout & Styles – Change the look of your blog by implementing
plugins that modify File, Calendar – Event, Navigation, Randomness, Styles.
Graphics, Video and Sound: Add plugins that create audio: mood and images for
your blog.
Posts – Implement plugins for editing posts, formatting posts, and others
Miscellaneous Post related issues.
Links – Configure WordPress plugins that change the default behavior of links.
Miscellaneous – You can install various plugins that display the weather
information or other external information from external websites.
Installing a plugin for WordPress is not difficult. Here is the list of steps that you
you need to take to install most plugins. Some plugins may require additional steps.
1. Upload your plugin to the wp-content/plugins folder
2. Go to your WordPress site using a browser and login
3. Click the Main Menu Plugins link at the top
4. Scroll down the list of available plugins to find the plugin you just uploaded
5. Click “Activate” to activate your plugin
WordPress Plugin Sites
We found the following sites with a full list of WordPress plugins:
WordPress Wiki – Plugins: http://wiki.wordpress.org/?pagename=Plugin
WordPress Plugins Repository: http://dev.wp-plugins.org/
WP-Plugins download interface: http://redalt.com/external/plugins.php
WordPress Plugins Database: http://www.wp-plugins.net/