How to install mulitple Wordpress plugins at once?

14 years ago

You should be able to unzip the theme on your computer, add the plugins, then re-zip the file. Then when you upload the theme all the plug-ins should be there.

If you don't have your theme zipped then it is one step easier.

I also used to just upload everything at once with an FTP program.

Post again if this doesn't work.

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Andrew Stevens 14 years ago

Where would I put the plugins in the theme folder?
Because the plugins go into a plugin folder in wordpress, but the plugin folder is not in the theme folder?
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NateDesmond

14 years ago

Originally Posted by A1Guru

Is there a way to have the plugins already in my theme folder so that I can automatically have them everytime I upload the theme to a new blog?

You can insert all your themes and plugins by downloading your wp-content folder from your current website and re-uploading it to your new website.

The wp-content folder contains all the themes and plugins.

Important: The wp-content folder also contains all your posts and pages, so you will have to manually delete these on your new blog.

Hope this helps!

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Istvan Horvath

14 years ago

Originally Posted by NateDesmond

Important: The wp-content folder also contains all your posts and pages, so you will have to manually delete these on your new blog

That's absolutely incorrect!

All your entries - posts, pages, comments - are in the database, never in files.

As it was pointed out several times, the wp-content directory has only the follwoing directories:
/plugins
/themes

Of course, if it is a working blog and you have uploaded any kind of media (images, video etc.) there should be another directory:
/uploads (it may or may not have subdirs, depending on your settings)

To the OP: you could have your custom wp-content folder with your theme(s) and plugins - just replace the original with your via FTP - however, you still need to activate each plugin because their active or inactive status is (again) stored in the database!

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rosetrees

14 years ago

Wordpress MU?

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Istvan Horvath

14 years ago

Originally Posted by rosetrees

Wordpress MU?

If you have the blogs on 147 different domains... very unlikely

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rosetrees 14 years ago

Dohhhhhh - I misread the OP. I read it as multiple sites not plugins. I'll go and lie down in a darkened room - I'll be fine!

Originally Posted by Istvan Horvath

If you have the blogs on 147 different domains... very unlikely
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cma01

14 years ago

Originally Posted by Istvan Horvath

If you have the blogs on 147 different domains... very unlikely

Why? Does a WPMU installation start slowing down too much after a certain number of domains?

I use WPMU for multiple blogs each with individual domains. I only have one site that uses the subdomain feature.

Every blog, whether it's on its own domain or a subdomain creates it's own set of database tables for each blog. I can't see that the domain rewriting would make that much difference.

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14 years ago

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FredFarnes

14 years ago

Originally Posted by entry

Nice posts people. Can you try to answer my questions plz...

Here is a suggestion for your excellent questions.

Instead of hijacking someone else's thread, start your own one. If you are not going to help the original poster with their question, then get your own thread.

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entry

14 years ago

Originally Posted by FredFarnes

Here is a suggestion for your excellent questions.

Instead of hijacking someone else's thread, start your own one. If you are not going to help the original poster with their question, then get your own thread.

hmm, suggestion noted, although the question was kinda related to the original post.

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FredFarnes 14 years ago

Originally Posted by entry

hmm, suggestion noted, although the question was kinda related to the original post.

It will help to have a separate thread, more people will notice it instead of thinking your message was a reply.
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- gman2319 14 years ago
  
  I have a copy of a single zip containing the entire plugins folder. And upload to the plugins folder extract. Bulk Option Activate and Activate all.
  
  I havent tried the WP-Content idea yet, but that makes sense. Sometimes I do tweak Themes and plugins combined. It would make it compatible if i can upload the whole folder then.
  
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Leslie B

14 years ago

You don't have to download the theme folder only, like Nate says, you have to download the wp-content folder (the full folder). Then everytime you start a new blog just upload the content of that wp-content folder to your new blog. But he's not correct when he says that this folder contains the blog posts and pages, they do include the uploads you did, but not the posts/pages (at least, I never had that happen).

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Marketstriker

14 years ago

There are Wordpress plugins that allow you to install one or more plugins by typing the names of the plugins or downloading URLs in a text area. This means you can install all your Wordpress plugins in one go.

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Istvan Horvath

14 years ago

To the OP: maybe this plugin...?
Plugin Central

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Vikram73

14 years ago

I use FileZilla & WinSCP to just drag and drop the unzipped plugin directory over to the remote 'plugins' directory on my hosting service.

Then I just click 'activate' in the GUI and configure options if needed.

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Istvan Horvath

14 years ago

Originally Posted by vikramd

I use FileZilla & WinSCP to just drag and drop the unzipped plugin directory over to the remote 'plugins' directory on my hosting service.

Then I just click 'activate' in the GUI and configure options if needed.

That's very nice...

In your post #11 you should also mention that you did read the original post (OP) before replying - because this time you didn't

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Marcus Demanse

13 years ago

Try checking out Improved Plugin Installation, it allows installation of as many plugins as you want just need to type in the plugin names on a multi-line field.

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