Plug-ins

  • I have been able to upload and activate the plugins I want. However, (except in one case) have not been able to figure out how to actually get them usable on my site. I’m using 2010 Weaver if that matters. If anyone can either direct me to a simply explanation for this or tell me how, please be simple and clear…i.e. lay out the steps! I’m new to wordpress and finding it challenging (not new to programs or the computer …just coding!) Thanks, Patti

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  • It is not clear to me what the problem is. Every plugin will have a different method to ‘get them usable’. Can you give a couple of specific examples?

    learnvisually

    (@learnwordpressvisually)

    Yes, please give an example. Many plugins will have their own settings that may need to be setup but most should work to some extent once you install and activate them.

    Thread Starter pattigru

    (@pattigru)

    Thank you. I added the plug in Contact Form 1. When I activated it it displayed under the “Settings” area. I hit “edit” and what displayed at the top of the page was this: [contact-form 1 "Contact form 1"] Easy. I just put the text box widget where I wanted and added this and everything worked. Next plug in was for Akismet which just did it’s thing automatically. No problem there. Then I tried Really Simple CAPTCHA, hit “edit” and there I have a huge page of code and on the side a bunch of code. I even tried copying and pasting code from both sections into the widget (not knowing much about what to do with these plugins since they all seem to do their thing differently). All I got was a bunch of code on my home page. Am I suppose to select something in the option area? I am totally stumped here. Thanks again.

    The Edit button under the plugin name is there to edit the plugin code, which you almost never want to do.

    Did you read the description for ‘Really Simple CAPTCHA’? It does not sound really simple to me unless a lot of code is built into Contact Form 7.

    Try just activating the plugin and then open the page with the contact form. See if the CAPTCHA is generated. If it is, you are done.

    If not, the instructions say you must create a temporary directory and set its permissions. I gather that is not something you are comfortable doing.

    Thread Starter pattigru

    (@pattigru)

    Thanks so much, yours made the most sense. I’m figuring out that in most cases if I can’t use it easily right away then try a different one.

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