When to turn on the plugin

  • keinos

    (@keinos)


    8 years ago

    After installation and setup of WordPress, do I have to turn on (activate) the plug-in?

    I installed WordPress 4.6.1–ja with SQLite-integration plugin as instructed on the [integration site], and it seems working because there’s no MySQL installed and only SQLite3, and I can login to the dashboard.
    But when I see the “installed plug-in” lists, the plug-in is not in active state.

    If I activate (check and turn on) the plug-in, “SQLite Integration” appears at the settings and says the installation was done, but there’s no instruction to activate it anywhere in the site.

    So do I have to turn it on?

Viewing 1 replies (of 1 total)

  • I don’t believe that you have to turn it on to make WordPress work.

    However, activating the plugin adds a settings page for the plugin where you can

    • read the docs
    • view some system information including compatibility checks for installee plugins
    • do maintenance task on the database like optimization and backup
    • apply patches for incompatible plugins

    It makes sense to activate the plugin.

Viewing 1 replies (of 1 total)
  • The topic ‘When to turn on the plugin’ is closed to new replies.