How to install the plugin?

Today the topic of our review is "plug-ins". What are these things, where they are used and why they are needed - a task that we must consider today.

For most users, this issue remains behind the scenes. Until there is an urgent need, no one will specifically study the question "how to install the plug-in", where to take it and how to use it for its intended purpose. Let's take everything in order.

1. What is a "plugin"? In short, this is an addition to the main program, which can expand its functionality. For example, the Noise Ninja plug-in for Photoshop is used to remove "noise" in digital photos. If you draw an analogy with household appliances - this nozzle for the vacuum cleaner, which allows you to use the main device (vacuum cleaner) more fully and for a wider range of tasks. Cleaning the apartment, washing soft surfaces, disinfecting or removing strong contaminants in the apartment, in the kitchen, in the car or in the garage.

Many applications (programs) use the option of installing additional plug-ins. This opportunity is provided by the developer of the software product for their own solutions or for third-party developers. Without going into technical details and details, we can say that with the help of plug-ins it is possible to expand the basic functionality of any program for your own needs.

Plug-ins can be paid or free. Set them or not - the user decides. With minimal knowledge (which plug-ins, where to get them and how to install them), you can achieve the desired result with minimal time and resources.

2. How to install the plug-in? The answer to this question is best considered by an example. Let's look at how to install the Wordpress plugin.

Wordpress is a popular platform for implementing various web projects (website, blog, personal page). There are a lot of plug-ins for this platform. They are built into the engine and serve either to speed up the work, or to change the appearance, or to expand the functionality of the theme.

Before installing the plug-in, you need to clearly understand why it is needed, how it will work and how much its installation is necessary. A feature of plug-ins is a slight slowdown of the resource. In other words, the more you install plug-ins on your site - the longer it will load and work more slowly.

The plug-in can be installed directly from the administrator's panel, in which the search and installation function is implemented, or downloaded as an archive to itself on the PC and then downloaded to the site directly from the hard disk. The installation procedure is extremely simple: find the plug-in, click "install", after which it appears in the list of installed plug-ins. In order to start using it, the installed add-on needs to be activated. That's the whole secret.

If you do not use the add-on, it's best to delete it. Some experts believe that plug-ins should be used only when you can not do without them. Which is better in your case - you can decide for yourself. The easiest way to verify this is by experiment.

Another question that a large number of users want to hear the answer: what is needed and how to install the Windows Media Player plug-in. This plugin is used in Internet browsers to display digital content (audio and video files) posted on web pages on the Internet. For earlier versions of Windows, it was integrated into the system, for later versions it needs to be downloaded and installed by a separate file.

In order to check the presence of this plugin, for example, in Mozilla Firefox, you need to find the ADDITIONS item on the TOOLS tab (as an option, the combination of Ctrl / Shift / A). There you can see a list of installed add-ons. If Windows Media Player is not installed and you still need it - download, save to PC, then start and install. After installation, restart the "Fire Fox" and observe the installed add-on.

In conclusion, I would like to summarize: today we considered what a plug-in is, how to install a plug-in and how to prepare it for work. If you have any questions - Google help you.