What Is A Wordpress Plugin?

To answer the question “What Is A Wordpress Plugin?” in the simplest way, I would have to say that a Plugin is a piece of code that you simply plug into your website.

Plugins Are Like Software. wordpressplugin

Think of plugins in a similar way to software for your computer, A specific software gives your computer the ability to perform a new or specific function that it was unable to do before you installed it.

Plugins are similar, when you upload a new plugin to your site, you add a new function that your website can now perform that it couldn’t do prior to installing the plugin.

Why I Love Plugins.

The beauty about plugins is they allow anyone to customize and improve their own site without having to know anything about coding.

Plugins simply allow you to add or take away functions of your site with a single click of your mouse, You call this activating and deactivating your plugin.

How Much Do They Cost?

Their are literally thousands of free open source plugins that are available to use and enjoy. (just like the Wordpress software itself) and It seems as though there is a plugin for nearly anything you can think of.

You can download heaps of free plugins from the official Wordpress website http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/

But you can also find plenty of free plugins all over the internet.

Are All Plugins Free?

Not all plugins are free, and although some plugins do cost money, They are usually still pretty cheap, compared to the time and effort you would spend in manually coding a specific function into your site.

Depending on the usage terms of the plugin, you could simply use that same plugin over and over again on multiple sites without having to pay for the same function on multiple sites.

IMPORTANT!

It’s important to remember that plugins need to be updated when an updated version becomes available, If you neglect to update your plugins you run the risk of breaking your site when you upgrade your version of wordpress or you risk leaving your site open to hackers and other security risks.

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