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By: I primi plugin da installare su Wordpress: Plugin Central e Plugin Installer - Geekissimo

Sat, 10 May 2008 17:52:28 +0000

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By: Justin Shattuck

Justin Shattuck — Thu, 08 May 2008 18:46:02 +0000

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By: LaurenceJohn

LaurenceJohn — Thu, 08 May 2008 02:59:17 +0000

I agree.

When I first began looking at WordPress I paid for a WordPress.com upgrade before I realized you had to have a self hosted installation to use plugins.

Stupid I know… but I don’t it’s made very clear for first time WordPress users.

By: Adam

Adam — Wed, 07 May 2008 17:18:11 +0000

I would mention that Askimet which is installed by default, but for which you need an API key for, is the most important plugin to get set-up first.

-Adam

By: George

George — Wed, 07 May 2008 12:49:29 +0000

I have both the One Click Installer and the Plug-in Central and for fresh installations i use the one click but for updates i use the Plug-in Central cause it makes updating easier.

By: relequestual

relequestual — Wed, 07 May 2008 12:30:47 +0000

I have to admit, ive also been using the one click plugin updater for quite some time now. its reasently updated to include an “update all” button, which saves me a lot of time! Mostly works. Get the odd plugin that wont update, but as to be expected i guess. Love it

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Wed, 07 May 2008 09:17:33 +0000

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By: tyronebcookin

tyronebcookin — Wed, 07 May 2008 07:28:42 +0000

I’m sorry but this information seems outdated unless you don’t use firefox.

One Click Installer for wordpress works with firefox to instantly install themes or plugins and now that wordpress is up to 2.5.1 the plugins can instantly update their selves with the new version update/upgrade link that notifies you right on your plugins page…one click and that is updated when newer versions come out with plugins you already have, even when they are deactivated it still lets you know a newer version is avaialable (this is still on the actual plugins page)

The only quirk this has is sometimes it confuses the theme and plugin folders but the themes and plugins still work, it also has the sub folder problem if the plugin is still nestled one more folder deep.

But I guess good for IE or other people…and yes, this is for Wordpress.org (self hosted sites) with their blog software.

By: Hendrawan

Hendrawan — Wed, 07 May 2008 07:07:49 +0000

Great tips. I’m a wordpress user too. Thanks a lot. I’ll implement it on my site.

By: Laurence John

Laurence John — Wed, 07 May 2008 01:43:07 +0000

Hey this is great!

Thanks Jeffrey….

By: Pavan Kumar

Pavan Kumar — Wed, 07 May 2008 01:02:44 +0000

I use one click installer for the same purpose. It also has a functionality to install themes….

By: Lethann

Lethann — Tue, 06 May 2008 22:36:30 +0000

Just one comment:

In your article you might want to specify that Plugins are only usable with personally hosted WordPress.org blogs, not web-based WordPress.com blogs. Some of us (myself included) are still very new to Wordpress. I had to dig through the forums and check the WordPress.org website itself to know the difference.

By: Christopher

Christopher — Tue, 06 May 2008 21:30:13 +0000

I have been using the excellent One Click Updater Plugin 2.0 by Janis Elsts:
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/one-click-plugin-updater/

It upgrades plugins with a single click, install new plugins or themes from an URL or by uploading a file, see which plugins have update notifications enabled, control how often WordPress checks for updates, and more. I really like to see what updates WordPress is checking, though the link to the readme link with Pluginstaller is a good idea.

The first plugin I then install with One Click Updater is Lighter Menus by corpodibacco:
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/lighter-admin-drop-menus/

IMO this is what the admin menu should have been in WP2.5