WordPress Beginners: Install WordPress Plugin By Using FTP (File Transfer Protocol)

I have share a tutorial before about installing WordPress Plugin by using Dashboard and now I am going to share another tutorial that how we can install WordPress Plugin by using FTP (File Transfer Protocol). Which is also known as automatic procedure for transferring a file on server. 

Why we should use FTP Client?

There are sometime problem occur when we upload WordPress Plugin through dashboard. Because using FTP client is very easy and automatic procedure to install WordPress Plugin. Beside of this there are some special reason that we must use FTP. Those are as follows-

• Uploading larger file through FTP is very easy and without any error you can upload it.
• If you accidently uploaded incompatible theme and plugins then you won�t able to sign in to your WordPress account then FTP client can be used to solve the problem. Because you can delete the incompatible theme and plugins by FTP.
• If your WordPress admin panel stuck for wrong coding then by using FTP client you can edit and fix the code.

There are many Paid and free FTP client available over the net. But among them Filezilla is best because it worked almost with all operating system. So my recommendation is to use Filezilla for upload any theme and plugin.

How to use FileZilla for Plugin Upload?

Before proceed you must setup FTP client for uploading files. I have mentioned that the best FTP client for uploading plugin is Filezilla. You can easily download this software from any software downloading site with free of cost. Or You can download it from https://filezilla-project.org/.

I assume that you have downloaded Filezila and installed in your PC. In addition you have to download the plugin before upload on WordPress. Now open the Filezila and connect it with it. For connecting you must provide three information. Such as-

• Host Name: Simply write your host name of your server. Most of the time it is FTP.yourdomain.com (e.g. ftp.bloggerspice.com)
• Username: Username of your cPanel (e.g. Admin or your registered name)
• Password: Password of your cPanel that provided on regitrat

After connecting with FTP server through Filezilla just you have to drag and drop Plugin file which you want to install. You Plugin file will be located on /wp-content/plugins/.

Hope you have downloaded the plugin file and unzip the file. In FTP client interface you will see 4 windows at a time. Left window will display your file from PC and right site will server file. Just drag the file from lower left window to lower right plugin folder. It will take some time to upload.

You can locate plugin folder by go through  public_html ->yourdomain.com ->wp-content->plugins

Hope you have successfully uploaded the plugins. 

How to Activate the Uploaded Plugins?

For activating the plugin you must go to WordPress dashboard. For activating just follow the below step-

Step 1 Go to WordPress Dashboard->Plugins

Step 2 Now click on ->Installed Plugins-> active the plugin

If you face any problem then feel free to interact through commenting. I will help you to solve your problem.

WordPress Beginners: Install WordPress Plugins from Dashboard

In Google Blogger we use widgets, similarly in WordPress we use Plugins for adding third party features. So as continuous of WordPress tutorial series I will explain how we can use Plugins by using WordPress Dashboard. There are 2 types of plugins available, Free Plugins and Premium Plugins. For using premium you must purchase from third party.

By using WordPress plugins we can add extra features on our blog. Suppose we want to add Google AdSense or All in one SEO features in our WordPress blog then we must use those plugins. You don�t have to code manually like Google blogger widget and its very easy to use.

There are many free plugins you will find in WordPress Plugin Directory. However you can use some premium plugins from third party sites (e.g. http://premium.wpmudev.org).

There are 2 ways we can install WordPress Plugin.

• Through WordPress Dashboard (Manual Installation)
• FTP Server (File Transfer Protocol Server) (Automatic Installation)

Today we will learn how we can install plugins through WordPress Dashboard. There are 2 ways we can install plugins through WordPress Dashboard.

• Search Method
• Upload Method

Let�s start with search method for installing WordPress plugins.

1. Search Method for Installing WordPress Plugin

For using Search method you must be little familiar with plugins because you must know the plugins name first. However you would find only free plugins that follow GPL and WordPress guidelines on directory. For using search method please follow the below steps-

Step 1 Go to WordPress Login Page  and Sign in to account

Step 2 Go to Dashboard and click on Plugins -> Add New

Step 3 Now in search box type your desired Plugins name and click on Search Plugins Button. I am searching Facebook Fan Box plugins for WordPress.

Step 4 After finishing search your desired plugins will display on search result. And then click on Install Now link for installing the plugins. But if you want to learn about the plugins then you can click on Details link.

Step 5 Finally after installation of plugins it will redirect to another page and click on Active Plugin. And now you can configure the plugin setting from  Dashboard.

2. Upload Method for Installing WordPress Plugin

Upload method is pretty easy but for using this method you must download the plugins before on your PC and then you have to proceed for upload. And if your desired plugins are premium or non GPL plugin then you have to go for this method. Just follow the below steps for installing plugins. Remember that all plugins will be in zip format.

Step 1 Go to WordPress Login Page  and Sign in to account

Step 2 Go to Dashboard and click on Plugins -> Add New

Step 3 Now click on Upload link and choose file and click on Install Now Button.

Step 5 Finally after installation of plugins it will redirect to another page and click on Active Plugin. And now you can configure the plugin setting from Dashboard.

Hope this tutorial will help you to install plugins easily. If you have any query then feel free to leave a comment below.

Google Released Publisher Plugin (beta) for WordPress

Many WordPress blogger don�t know how to create a specific page for Webmaster Tools verification and edit template files to include Google AdSense code. There are some third-party AdSense plugins released previously but they are based on weight area I mean static as a result click-through rate is not higher. There are often a demand of WordPress blogger to release an official plugins from Google. And fortunately Google has released Publisher plugin to help WordPress webmasters with their two Google products at a time, those are AdSense and Webmaster Tools officially.

This plugins is designed to help newbie who can easily use webmaster tool and able to add AdSense code in their WordPress blog without any modification knowledge of CSS and HTML.

Just you have to add your AdSense publisher ID to this Google Publisher Plugin after that you have to select your ad placements area through an option. You can select appropriate area just by Simple. That�s it, don�t worry Google publisher plugin will do the rest. Currently Google has release its beta version so we hope full version will release soon.

This plug-in provide 2 service -

• Google AdSense Support: You can earn money monetizing your website without any manual modification of any HTML code.
• Google Webmaster Tools Support: Webmaster Tools provides detailed reports about your website visibility on Google Search engine as well as you can verify your site on Webmaster Tools with just one click.

Though Google is leading in every sector of online so this Plugin will work like magic and obviously you would able to increase your AdSense revenue by selecting higher optimized places. Rapidly this plugin will become popular for maximizing AdSense performance and revenue.

I have told before that this plugin combination of 2 features AdSense and Webmaster tools verification. You can verify your site by go through the simple steps from setting option and your site will properly verified.

This plugin is absolutely free and you can download it from WordPress directory.For using this plugin download it first and after downloading the plugin simply upload it to your WordPress plugins directory.

Readmore: Finest Advertising Plugins To Monetize WordPress Blog

The key benefit of this plugin is that this is Google official release and for any site related issue this plugin will give you notification within your WordPress dashboard. And when a webmster log in to the account then notification would be visible.

If you are planning to use this plugin you have to use the beta version now but must be aware about any updates. Whenever any update file release from Google apply it as soon as possible. Hope Google will add more feature in near future after successfully development of this plugin.

Finest Advertising Plugins To Monetize WordPress Blog

WordPress is an amazing platform to gaining traffic because this platform is rich with strong SEO tool which makes it excel. But diverting traffic doesn't mean that your earning is higher. In my blog I am observing for last month about ads revenue that it is always fluctuating. Someday traffic is higher but revenue is less but sometime less traffic but ads revenue is higher. So for this reason you should take extra steps to increase your revenue form advertisement. Those who are using WordPress platform for blogging this article is best suit for them.

Recommended:  Best Contextual Ads Network For Blogger To Make Money

There are many popular advertising plugins for WordPress blog user and by using those you can easily make money

1. Google AdSense

The number 1 ads network in Google blogging platform can be use in WordPress blog by using this plugin. Currently this ads plugins support 8 languages and the best part about Google AdSense is that it allows you to set your own parameters such as format of the ad, the sizes and the colors of elements, corners as well as the block position.

• Rating: 4.7 out of 5 stars
• Site Address: http://wordpress.org/plugins/adsense-plugin/

2. BuySellAds.com WordPress plugin

World�s leading direct advertising platform is buysell ads. You can easily get advertiser through this plugins. This plugins will ensure you the steady revenue earnings for WordPress site. In case of install you can use either widget or manual system.

 

• Rating: 4.1 out of 5 stars
• Site Address: http://wordpress.org/plugins/buysellads/

3. AdInjection

This is a good plugins to inject your any kinds of ads (e.g. Google AdSense, Amazon Associates, ClickBank, TradeDoubler, etc) into the existing WordPress posts and pages. This plugins support all kinds of ads. By placing ads you would able to earn good amount of ads revenue because it cover. It has brought some new features you can read through visit the site address.

• Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
• Site Address: http://wordpress.org/plugins/ad-injection/

4. AdRotate

AdRotate is a fantastic plugins for WordPress blog user because this plugins will interchange the ads position in different place in your blog. You can easily control to display ads for specific country. In addition if you are a newbie you can easily place this ads because its interface is very easy. But it required PHP 5.2 or higher to install the application.

• Rating: 3.8 out of 5 stars
• Site Address: http://wordpress.org/plugins/adrotate/

5. WP-Insert

wp-insert is also very good ads plugins that included Google analytic and other tracking services on your WordPress site. This is very easy to user that can be easily understand by any user. There are some basic features are below-

• You can insert Ads above the content.
• Insert Ads below the content.
• Insert Ads in the middle of the content. 
• Insert Ads to the left of the content.
• Insert Ads to the right of the content.

• Rating: 4.2 out of 5 stars
• Site Address: http://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-insert/

6. 60 Second Ad Manager

By the name you can easily understand that this plugins takes only 60 second to monetization. You have to go through only 3 steps and then all sets. No doubt this is a powerful tool which helps you to set up advertising and is also very easy to use.

• Site Address: http://codecanyon.net/item/60-second-ad-manager/4489071

7. AdPress

This WordPress plugins is effective for heavy traffic site because it work like magic for those site. This is actually like buy-sell ads you have to install the plugins and set the ad place which you want to sell. It has a prior set of automated Ad selling system, it will allows you to manage your ad places after you are done making the correct settings. Adpress has included the duration of the ad place which you want to sell your place and the charges per ad space.

• Rating: 4.3 out of 5 stars
• Site Address: http://wordpress.org/plugins/adpress/

8. WP125

wp125 is best for small ads space selling. If you would like to sell 125px X 125px ads then you must use this plugins. Wp125 also provides you statistic that how many ads are running on your website, click statistic and as well as some other important and useful features.

• Rating: 4.2 out of 5 stars
• Site Address: http://wordpress.org/plugins/wp125/

9. WP Pro Advertising System

This plugins is very cheap with good features and you can easily manage your ads in the most professional and easy ways. WP Pro Advertising System has many essential features which would help you in advertising on your site. The features are included CTR, click stats and other important features.

• Site Address: http://codecanyon.net/item/wp-pro-advertising-system/269693

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I hope that the above plugins will help you to make good amount of money through your WordPress blog. And this article will guide you to choose right ads plugins for your WordPress blog according to your blog type.