Plugins Manager

Install Plugins from Local

1. Upload area
2. Overwrite existing version
3. Activate plugin

Upload area

You can drag and drop one or multiple files into the upload area. It works the same regardless of the number of files. Alternatively, if you prefer not to drag and drop, you can click the ‘Upload a File’ button to open your system’s file browser and select a zip file.

Activate plugin

By default, the upload plugin will only upload files without activating them. However, you can enable a feature that activates the plugins after they have been uploaded.

Note: WordPress does not have a hook for this, so some plugins may not activate automatically. It is best to double-check if all the plugins are activated.

Overwrite existing version

If you wish to overwrite a plugin on your computer that has the same version as one already installed in your WordPress site, WordPress requires an additional ‘push’ since it’s a two-step process for the WordPress. That’s why this option also includes an additional toggle.

What is under the hood in overwrite

You can observe what is happening in the background. WordPress recognizes if there is already a plugin installed with the same version number and will prompt you to confirm if you want to overwrite it. This is designed to make the process simpler for you.

Install Plugins from Google Drive

To fetch plugins from google drive we need two things:

1. Google API Key
2. Google Folder

Google API

For Google Api to work we need to Enable Google Drive API as its disabled by the default and then we need to create API key.

To get the Google API open google console or click on the button bellow.

Enable Google Drive API

First thing is that you need to enable Google Drive API as its disabled by default.

API Key

After enabling Google Drive API:

1. Go back to the API & Services screen and click on the Credentials.
2. Click on “+ Create credentials” and choose “API Key”
3. Copy generated key

Google Drive Folder

Settings for folder are streight forward. Copy plugins into some folder and share it.

The only important thing here is the link needs to be public, so be sure that link is selected as “Anyone with the link”.

Fetch plugins

Once you paste API key and Shared Folder url press on the “Fetch Plugins” button to get the list of the plugins you have in the folder.

Once you get the list you can select and install them.

Install Plugins from WordPress.org

Here you have 2 options to search the plugins.

1. By developer username
2. By name / term

In this example we searched “dplugins” and here you can see all our published plugins in wordpress.org

Plugins download

You don’t need FTP Applications anymore. Use dropdown list and select what plugin you want to download and you will get it as .Zip file.

Single download

Click on the input field, and a dropdown list will be presented. In this list, you will find the names and version numbers of the plugins. You can select one or multiple plugins to download.

Once a plugin is selected, click on the ‘Download’ button. A browser’s default dialog box will then appear, allowing you to choose where you want to save the file on your computer.

Multiple downloads

You can choose more than one plugin to download at once. The selected plugins will be added to the list. Once you have finished selecting, just like with a single plugin, click on the ‘Download’ button.

Note: selecting multiple plugins will export them as one zip file with multiple folders inside, not as multiple zip files for each plugin.