Automatic installation of a plugin is easy and you can also install on manually. It will involve manually downloading a plugin, uploading and activating it.

Make sure you already downloaded a zip file of the plugin to your desktop.

**1.** Login to your WordPress admin dashboard.

**2.** Under the dashboard menu, hover your mouse over "**Plugins**" and click on "**Add New**".
![](https://dash.wevrlabs.net/../../../img/wp-plugin-add-new-menu.gif)

**3.** Click on "**Upload Plugin**" and then on "**Browse**". Chose your plugin"s zip file and then click on "**Install Now**".
![](https://dash.wevrlabs.net/../../../img/wp-plugin-manual-browse-install.gif)

**4.** Click on "**Activate Plugin**".
![](https://dash.wevrlabs.net/../../../img/wp-activate-manual-plugin.gif)

**Note:** The newly activated plugin will show in the sidebar menu. If a setup of the plugin is required, it will show an option to complete it.