Title: understanding plugins
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# understanding plugins

 *  [steveeb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/steveeb/)
 * (@steveeb)
 * [19 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/understanding-plugins/)
 * im not sure im understanding plugins, i upload them to my plugins directory, 
   then activate them, but they never show up and i cant figure out after activating
   them how to get them to work on my page.
 * any help in better understanding would be great!

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 *  [vkaryl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vkaryl/)
 * (@vkaryl)
 * [19 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/understanding-plugins/#post-434839)
 * Most plugins require “calling” using a particular php line. This is usually specified
   in the readme for the plugin, or on the plugin author’s site (from which you 
   downloaded the plugin).
 * There’s no “one-size-fits-all” fix. You just have to read the documentation and
   implement the instructions.
 *  [chaaban](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chaaban/)
 * (@chaaban)
 * [19 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/understanding-plugins/#post-434842)
 * also this from codex could help :
 * [http://codex.wordpress.org/Plugins](http://codex.wordpress.org/Plugins)

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