Easy Contact Installation

To setup the Easy Contact plugin in your WordPress driven Blog, login to WordPress as administrator, by simply entering the url_of_your_website/wp-admin in your Browser. Enter the appropriate username and password {which was provided while installing Wordpress} and then click on Log In as shown in Diagram 1.

Diagram 1

After logging in as WordPress Admin, a Dashboard page opens as shown in Diagram 2.

The Dashboard provides access to different WordPress functions and features.

Diagram 2

In the left menu, locate the link Plugins. Click on Plugins, from the drop down menu that appears click on Add New as shown in Diagram 3.

Diagram 3

The Install Plugins page opens. Click on Upload, in order to upload the Plugin into your WordPress Blog as shown in Diagram 4. In the page that is displayed click on Browse as shown in Diagram 5.

Diagram 4

NOTE: The plugin must be in .zip format, to be uploaded to your WordPress Blog via this interface.

Diagram 5

After clicking Browse a file navigator window opens. Navigate to the appropriate folder on your hard disk where the plugin’s zip file has been downloaded and saved.

Select the WordPress Easy Contact Plugin ( easy-contact.0.1.2.zip file ) by clicking on it once and then click Open as shown in Diagram 6.

Diagram 6

The zip file name appears in the text box adjacent to Browser.

Click Install Now in order to upload the file and install it into the WordPress framework as shown in Diagram 7.

Diagram 7

A few seconds after clicking Install Now, you will see the Plugin installed successfully message as shown in Diagram 8.

Diagram 8

Next activate Easy Contact plugin for your WordPress blog,

Activate the plugin by clicking Activate Plugin as shown in Diagram 9.

Diagram 9

The message “Plugin activated” is displayed as shown in Diagram 10.

Diagram 10

The easy contact Plugin is now successfully installed and activated.

NEXT: For displaying the easy contact form on your Blog Post or Page, please refer to tutorial Using Easy Contact In WordPress on this website.

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