Plugins are files you usually download seperately from WordPress that add functionality. To install a plugin you generally just need to put the plugin file into your wp-content/plugins directory. Once a plugin is installed, you may activate it or deactivate it here.
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| Search Hilite | 1.2 | Ryan Boren | When someone is referred from a search engine like Google, Yahoo, or WordPress’ own, the terms they search for are highlighted with this plugin. Packaged by Matt. | Activate |
| Hello Dolly | Matt Mullenweg | This is not just a plugin, it symbolizes the hope and enthusiasm of an entire generation summed up in two words sung most famously by Louis Armstrong. Hello, Dolly. This is, by the way, the world’s first official WordPress plugin. When enabled you will randomly see a lyric from Hello, Dolly in the upper right of your admin screen on every page but the plugins page. | Activate | |
| MarkDown | 1.0b4 | John Gruber | Markdown is a text-to-HTML conversion tool for web writers. Markdown syntax allows you to write using an easy-to-read, easy-to-write plain text format, then convert it to structurally valid XHTML. This plugin enables Markdown for your posts and comments. Written by John Gruber in Perl, translated to PHP by Michel Fortin, and made a WP plugin by Matt. If you use this you should disable Textile 1 and 2 because the syntax conflicts. | Activate |
| Textile 1 | 1.0 | Dean Allen | This is a simple wrapper for Dean Allen’s Humane Web Text Generator, also known as Textile. If you use this plugin you should disable Textile 2 and Markdown, as they don’t play well together. | Activate |
| Textile 2 | 2.0 Beta | Dean Allen | This is a simple wrapper for Dean Allen’s Humane Web Text Generator, also known as Textile. Version 2 adds a lot of flexibility that makes it almost a HTML meta-language. As a cost, it’s slower. If you use this plugin you should disable Textile 1 and Markdown, as they don’t play well together. | Activate |