A WordPress commercial (or paid) plugins require that you install them manually via File Transfer Protocol, for example. This process isn’t as simple as installing a free plugin, but WordPress will let you do what you need to do.
Install WordPress Plugins Via FTP
Follow these steps to install a plugin via FTP in your WordPress installation:
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Download the plugin from the source to your computer.
Commercial plugin developers provide you with links that you can click to download the plugin files — usually, in a Zip file.
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After you download the plugin to your computer, if it’s in a compressed Zip file, unzip it to access the uncompressed files.
If the file is zipped (compressed), use a free web application (such as WinZip) to unzip the plugin.
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Connect to your server using your preferred FTP application.
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Navigate to the wp-content folder within the WordPress installation for your website.
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In the wp-content directory, find the plugins directory; upload your plugin to this location via FTP.
Congratulations — you have installed the plugin, but you still need to activate it.
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Choose Plugins→Plugins on your Dashboard.
The Installing Plugin page appears.
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Click the Activate link that appears below the plugin’s title.
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