In Chapter 5, Plugins - What They Are and Why You Need Them, you learned how to install plugins. Plugins are essentially a way to add to or extend WordPress' built-in functionalities. There are thousands of useful plugins (at the time of writing, the official counter at https://wordpress.org/plugins/ shows over 51,000 plugins) available from the online WordPress community, and they perform all different kinds of functions. In the earlier chapters, we installed plugins that catch spam, back up your site, give you basic SEO features, and more. You can also get plugins that manage your podcasts, track your stats, translate your content into other languages, and much more.
Sometimes, however, you'll find yourself in a situation where the plugin you need just doesn't exist. Luckily, it's quite easy...
