001in this video we're going to be talking about installing plugins to your WordPress website plugins add additional functionality to your WordPress website and allow you to access new features that don't come standard with WordPress there are thousands of plugins available for easy install and with dot easy we even provide a resource site with access to plenty of free your plugins and themes for you to add to your site the installed plugins sub panel is where you can see what plugins you currently have installed the Akismet plug-in is installed by default and is one of the better methods for managing comment spam on your WordPress posts to activate this plug-in you'll have to use an API key which you can get from achievement com in the add new sub channel you can browse new plugins from
002the WordPress plug-in directory there are options to search and filter between popular recommended and favorites if you've already downloaded a plug-in you can upload the zip file using the upload plug-in button the most popular keywords for plugins are found at the bottom of the page some examples of popular plugins include showing your Instagram feed Facebook like buttons SEO optimizing tools and much more another popular plug-in is called jetpack which is created by the makers of WordPress com this is a good plugin to begin with it adds many useful features to your site at once including but not limited to added security traffic statistics and image optimization clicking on this plug-in we can view some important information such as installation instructions screenshots and reviews when you're ready to install click install now WordPress will automatically begin
003the install make sure that you activate the plug-in once it's been installed you'll see a jetpack panel has been added to the left side of the dashboard feel free to take a look through the settings to see what new features jetpack is added then we can head to our contact page you'll notice that jetpack has added an ADD contact form button to add a contact form to our page clicking on the button you can edit the type of contact form to be placed on the page we can head to preview to see our contact form in action with that you can see just how useful plugins can be in adding features to your WordPress website make sure to browse around and see what ones work best for your site with da TZ and WordPress easily
004add plugins to your site to make it as unique as you are stay tuned for more helpful videos and thanks for watching [Music] you