Title: Adding plugins without using Update Plugins
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Adding plugins without using Update Plugins

 *  [rjm1353](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rjm1353/)
 * (@rjm1353)
 * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-plugins-without-using-update-plugins/)
 * I am trying add some plugins and the directions from Studio Press says i have
   to do this process. How do I do this step by step -directory>/wp-content/plugins/
   another-wordpress-classifieds-plugin.

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 *  [Tiago Hillebrandt](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tiagohillebrandt/)
 * (@tiagohillebrandt)
 * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-plugins-without-using-update-plugins/#post-4639831)
 * Hey,
 * If you don’t want to add the plugin via WordPress, you will need to download 
   the plugin in your machine and unzip it.
 * Thereafter, you should access your server via FTP and upload the unzipped directory
   to your wp-content/plugins/ directory.

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 * Last reply from: [Tiago Hillebrandt](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tiagohillebrandt/)
 * Last activity: [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-plugins-without-using-update-plugins/#post-4639831)
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