Title: Adding Plugins
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Adding Plugins

 *  Anonymous
 * [21 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-plugins/)
 * I’m having trouble adding plugins. I follow the directions to the “T” however
   I’ve run into some problems. What is happening is that I upload the plugin, delete
   any white space after the last command and activate it. After activation, the
   actual script language shows up on my home page.
    What am I doing wrong?

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 *  [Mark (podz)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/podz/)
 * (@podz)
 * [21 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-plugins/page/2/#post-84068)
 * A thought ……. are you sure that your ftp client is uploading the plugin (and 
   all .php files) as ASCII ?
    If it goes up as binary, it goes wobbly.
 *  Thread Starter Anonymous
 * [21 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-plugins/page/2/#post-84069)
 * I wasn’t sure before, however I just re-uploaded it in ASCII format and still
   the problem persists.
    I sincerely appreciate your help with this Podz.
 *  [Mark (podz)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/podz/)
 * (@podz)
 * [21 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-plugins/page/2/#post-84071)
 * Hmm.. gets stranger 🙂
    You are right – no mods are needed other than those directed
   in a readme. What plugins do you have installed that actually work ?
 *  [carthik](https://wordpress.org/support/users/carthik/)
 * (@carthik)
 * [21 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-plugins/page/2/#post-84072)
 * Anon, how did you save the plugin file onto your desktop computer?
    If it was
   a phps file to begin with, the best and most trusted way is to copy all the text,
   open a new blank text file, paste all the code in the new blank file, and save
   it as somepluginname.php . If you are using notepad or somesuch, make sure it
   is not named somepluginname.php.txt . Some text editors, like notepad, add a .
   txt to the end. Some plugin authors might choose to display the code as a phps
   file, and just saving and renaming the file might not be enough to ensure that
   it becomes a .php file, in some cases.
 *  Thread Starter Anonymous
 * [21 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-plugins/page/2/#post-84074)
 * Hide/Cut Post Text
    pinged All of the plugins that came with WordPress work as
   well Podz. I saved this file as a .php file AND made sure that it was a .php 
   in Dreamweaver and my FTP program.
 *  Thread Starter Anonymous
 * [21 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-plugins/page/2/#post-84080)
 * Downloading
 *  Thread Starter Anonymous
 * [21 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-plugins/page/2/#post-84089)
 * Tried PSPad and re-uploaded ASCII format and still have the script listed.
 *  [Mark (podz)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/podz/)
 * (@podz)
 * [21 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-plugins/page/2/#post-84091)
 * Anon – if you would give me the details, I would be happy to login to your blog/
   webspace and try and see what is wrong ? Something very strange seems to be going
   on, and I could use a plugin from my site which I know works to try and track
   this little gremlin down.
    email: tamba2 at gmail dot com MSN: [podz2097@hotmail.com](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-plugins/page/2/podz2097@hotmail.com?output_format=md)
   AIM: podz2097
 *  [Mark (podz)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/podz/)
 * (@podz)
 * [21 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-plugins/page/2/#post-84100)
 * Sorted.
    Problem was that page source had been copied, not the code itself.

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last reply from: [Mark (podz)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/podz/)
 * Last activity: [21 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-plugins/page/2/#post-84100)
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