Title: New to plugins
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# New to plugins

 *  [snfdesigngroup](https://wordpress.org/support/users/snfdesigngroup/)
 * (@snfdesigngroup)
 * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/new-to-plugins/)
 * Please do not be annoyed by my lack of wordpress knowledge. Indeed a lot of people
   assume certain things are known. I have installed buddypress to my wordpress 
   with a buddypress theme. where is the internal blog and forum? also i activate
   some plugins and get a shortcode to paste into pages but wheh i have acivated
   most plugins how do you get them onto your page?

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 *  [Mark Ratledge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/songdogtech/)
 * (@songdogtech)
 * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/new-to-plugins/#post-2113531)
 * See [http://buddypress.org/support/topics/](http://buddypress.org/support/topics/)
 *  Thread Starter [snfdesigngroup](https://wordpress.org/support/users/snfdesigngroup/)
 * (@snfdesigngroup)
 * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/new-to-plugins/#post-2113657)
 * come onnnnn! directing me to a link gets me nowhere. I am a novice to wordpress
   and do feel silly asking questions that people assume you would know the answer.
   
   i managed to install and events calendar and it had what is called a shortcode
   which you can embed into your pages…i understand this completely. The problem
   on a very basic level in plugins is 1. i install plugins 2. modify plugin category
   settings etc, once i am happy with this i save it. 3.what next???i think i was
   assuming i would get a shotcode to put into page or a new page would be generated
   with the plugin inside.
 * i see that with all plugins you get the files…readme/php etc…..is it a metter
   of pasting one of these in the page.
    ok please if you have time answer me step
   by step and not put a referral link. all the other help pages omit this. many
   thanks

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 * Last reply from: [snfdesigngroup](https://wordpress.org/support/users/snfdesigngroup/)
 * Last activity: [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/new-to-plugins/#post-2113657)
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