Title: Adding Plugins and HTML Help
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# Adding Plugins and HTML Help

 *  [knechtcc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/knechtcc/)
 * (@knechtcc)
 * [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-plugins-and-html-help/)
 * I have the free version of wordpress and am trying to add a thumbnail slideshow
   into a page. I am not able to access any plugins which I assume is because I’m
   on free version. (Is this correct in thinking?) So instead I wrote the HTML code
   for the slideshow, which I’ve tested elsewhere and am sure it works. I know the
   HTML editor on wordpress does not support heavy code but this one is pretty basic.(
   Can attach code and website if necessary)
    Being able to have this thumbnail 
   slideshow is really important to my site and if I’m not able to use it here, 
   I’ll look for other website platforms. Thanks for any help and advice you can
   offer!

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 *  [Lindeni Mahlalela](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mahlamusa/)
 * (@mahlamusa)
 * [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-plugins-and-html-help/#post-6857312)
 * Hi,
 * Can you show me the code and the link to where you want to display the slideshow
   on your website?
 * There is a few things you need to consider when adding your html code for it 
   to work properly:
 * 1. Check the paths to your slideshows images, css and javascript to see if it
   is in the right place on your server, wordpress stores images and other uploads
   to a folder `wp-content/uploads/<year>/<month>` like `wp-content/uploads/2015/
   12` and you will find all the images uploaded in DEcember 2015 in this folder.
   If you uploaded your images using the wordpress uploader, then you must use the
   full url to the images in this folder like `http://domain.com/wp-content/uploads/
   2015/12/image-name.jpg`
 * 2. You also need to verify the paths to your .js and .css files that makes your
   html work. Even here, you also need to use the full URL to each of these files,
   otherwise if you use relative links the code will not work especially when you
   are viewing a page like `http://domain.com/page/` – any code referenced as `/
   js/script.js` will not work because in a url like this it will imply you are 
   trying to get the script located at `http://domain.com/page/js/script.js` while
   the script is actually located at `http://domain.com/js/script.js` or `http://
   domain.com/wp-content/plugins/<plugin-name>/js/script.js`
 * One thing I have to ask you is this: Are you using a plugin or you are uploading
   the scripts manually and then pasting the html directly into the page editor?
 * I hope this helps you and I will be happy to help you further if you need more
   help.

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## Tags

 * [code](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/code/)
 * [Coding](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/coding/)
 * [html](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/html/)
 * [slideshow](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/slideshow/)
 * [thumbnail](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/thumbnail/)
 * [troubleshooting](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/troubleshooting/)

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 * Last reply from: [Lindeni Mahlalela](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mahlamusa/)
 * Last activity: [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-plugins-and-html-help/#post-6857312)
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