Plugins are programming scripts that add additional functionality to your blog. These are often features which either enhance already available features or add them to your blog.
We have help on some of our plugins:
Manage plugins settings
You can access the manage plugins screen in the dashboard from the navigation menu on the left[1].
Activating a plugin
Individual plugins can be activated or deactivated with the Activate and Deactivate links at appear under the plugin name in the list.
Activating several plugins
Yuo can activate or deactivate more than one plugin at a time by checking the boxes beside their name [1 & 2].
You then choose the Action from the popup at the top of the list [3] (or the one at the bottom) and click Apply [4].
Plugin Details
Jetpack Jetpack is a plugin from WordPress.com that adds lots of functionality to your blog read more… Jetpack was added in the Phase 2.2 release in April 2015
Syndication, more information. Syndication was added in the Phase 2.2 release in April 2015
Search Attachment more information. Attachment Search was added in the Phase 2.2 release in April 2015
Resize at Upload Plus
This plugin has been removed for the users plugins. It has been activated site wide. The plugin insures that huge images are resized to a more sensible size for storage. The size can be adjusted by blog Admins in Settings -> Media.
Lightbox plugin will open linked images in a lightbox. For Galleries the Jetpack carousel module is probably a better choice for this (April 2015). If you use the lightbox plugin make sure that the images link to media files.
Fourteen Colors
This is a new plugin, it is use along with the now default them TwentyFourteen. Once activated it adds settings into the Appearance-> Customise -> Colors section.
WordPress Importer
After activation this plugin you can import content from a standard WordPress export. The import facility is found in the Tools section of the Dashboard.
