Plugins

There are thousands of WordPress plugins available, each designed to add a unique functionality to WordPress. In this section, I will cover a few of the plugins that are useful in an education setting. To find and install these plugins, visit the Add New Plugins page within WordPress and search for them by name.

Preinstalled WordPress plugins

WordPress comes with two plugins pre-installed, Hello Dolly and Akismet. The Hello Dolly plugin was created by Matt Mulenweg, the founding developer of WordPress, while Akismet is developed and maintained by Automattic, the company behind the commercially hosted WordPress.com. While these plugins come pre-installed with every new WordPress installation, they are not activated and there is no requirement to do so.

Hello Dolly

Hello Dolly is a fun plugin that adds a random lyric from Hello, Dolly to the admin screen. While this plugin may not have a practical application for a WordPress site, it allows us to grow in comfort activating or deactivating...