Plugins are tools that provide you the additional functionalities to your blog. And with the availability of thousands of plugins, you can do almost anything with your blog. You are also given the privilege of developing your own plugins and use them in your blog. While the installation of some plugins is just a drag-and-drop task, the installation procedure for some can be quite bothersome.

Let us get acquainted with it through a step by step depiction;

1. Go to the WordPress site and surf through the list of plugins to select the one most suited for your purpose. Buy your time to select, as there are several alternatives available for almost every type of plugin. And a wrong selection will only magnify your headache.
2. Download the zip file containing the plugin to your computer, unzip it, and save the files, preferably on your desktop in a folder for future convenience.
3. Now move the unzipped files to the root directory of your local website, so that you can easily transfer them to your web server later on, via a FTP program.
4. Open your FTP program, log into your site’s root directory, and find the folder containing your WordPress plugin files.
5. Find the folder named, ‘wp-content’, and open the ‘plugins’ folder within it.
6. Transfer all the Word Press application files to this ‘plugins’ folder using FTP.
7. Now, log into your WordPress site, open your admin dashboard and look for the ‘plugins’ link. On clicking this link, you will get to see the plugin you just uploaded.
8. Now select the plugin by clicking on the checkbox, and then simply click on the ‘activate’ link to see your plugin live.