Title: Plug-ins
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Plug-ins

 *  [pattigru](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pattigru/)
 * (@pattigru)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plug-ins-8/)
 * I have been able to upload and activate the plugins I want. However, (except 
   in one case) have not been able to figure out how to actually get them usable
   on my site. I’m using 2010 Weaver if that matters. If anyone can either direct
   me to a simply explanation for this or tell me how, please be simple and clear…
   i.e. lay out the steps! I’m new to wordpress and finding it challenging (not 
   new to programs or the computer …just coding!) Thanks, Patti

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 *  [vtxyzzy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vtxyzzy/)
 * (@vtxyzzy)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plug-ins-8/#post-1844181)
 * It is not clear to me what the problem is. Every plugin will have a different
   method to ‘get them usable’. Can you give a couple of specific examples?
 *  [learnvisually](https://wordpress.org/support/users/learnwordpressvisually/)
 * (@learnwordpressvisually)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plug-ins-8/#post-1844194)
 * Yes, please give an example. Many plugins will have their own settings that may
   need to be setup but most should work to some extent once you install and activate
   them.
 *  Thread Starter [pattigru](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pattigru/)
 * (@pattigru)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plug-ins-8/#post-1844448)
 * Thank you. I added the plug in Contact Form 1. When I activated it it displayed
   under the “Settings” area. I hit “edit” and what displayed at the top of the 
   page was this: [contact-form 1 "Contact form 1"] Easy. I just put the text box
   widget where I wanted and added this and everything worked. Next plug in was 
   for Akismet which just did it’s thing automatically. No problem there. Then I
   tried Really Simple CAPTCHA, hit “edit” and there I have a huge page of code 
   and on the side a bunch of code. I even tried copying and pasting code from both
   sections into the widget (not knowing much about what to do with these plugins
   since they all seem to do their thing differently). All I got was a bunch of 
   code on my home page. Am I suppose to select something in the option area? I 
   am totally stumped here. Thanks again.
 *  [vtxyzzy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vtxyzzy/)
 * (@vtxyzzy)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plug-ins-8/#post-1844451)
 * The Edit button under the plugin name is there to edit the plugin code, which
   you almost never want to do.
 * Did you read the description for ‘Really Simple CAPTCHA’? It does not sound really
   simple to me unless a lot of code is built into Contact Form 7.
 * Try just activating the plugin and then open the page with the contact form. 
   See if the CAPTCHA is generated. If it is, you are done.
 * If not, the instructions say you must create a temporary directory and set its
   permissions. I gather that is not something you are comfortable doing.
 *  Thread Starter [pattigru](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pattigru/)
 * (@pattigru)
 * [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plug-ins-8/#post-1844527)
 * Thanks so much, yours made the most sense. I’m figuring out that in most cases
   if I can’t use it easily right away then try a different one.

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last activity: [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plug-ins-8/#post-1844527)
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