Title: Allowing plugins
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Allowing plugins

 *  [Phillip_T](https://wordpress.org/support/users/phillip_t/)
 * (@phillip_t)
 * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/allowing-plugins/)
 * For some reason I can never find the simple stuff on the support codex…Here is
   my deal, I just need to know how to call for, or allow, plug ins to be used on
   my wordpress site. I have a functions.php file, so I was hoping it would be as
   easy as adding the call to use pictures. Would someone mind giving me a hand,
   this is the last thing I need before I can get my site up 🙂

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/allowing-plugins/#post-3147614)
 * You do not have to do anything to be able to download and install plugins on 
   a self-hosted WordPress site.
 *  Thread Starter [Phillip_T](https://wordpress.org/support/users/phillip_t/)
 * (@phillip_t)
 * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/allowing-plugins/#post-3147622)
 * Hi Esmi,
 * I don’t have any problems with the download and install part of the plug ins,
   I have available right now. My issue is that I moved from using a theme for my
   WP site, to building and using my own theme. I wanted full control because I 
   know how to create a site, but I still don’t know that much about wordpress. 
   Is there a php call similar to the call to use thumbnails that I can place in
   my loop to call and use plug ins. It seems like I have to do a php call for almost
   everything on WP (images, css etc…)
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/allowing-plugins/#post-3147657)
 * There is no generic function to call a given plugin. You would need to check 
   the code of each plugin so see if, and how, you can call it via a template file.
 *  Thread Starter [Phillip_T](https://wordpress.org/support/users/phillip_t/)
 * (@phillip_t)
 * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/allowing-plugins/#post-3147658)
 * Thanks Esmi, that makes sense.

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## Tags

 * [call](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/call/)
 * [php](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/php/)
 * [plug-ins](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/plug-ins/)

 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 4 replies
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 * Last reply from: [Phillip_T](https://wordpress.org/support/users/phillip_t/)
 * Last activity: [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/allowing-plugins/#post-3147658)
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