Invisible Plugins?

  • wickerman5

    (@wickerman5)


    6 years, 9 months ago

    I’m pretty new to WordPress, so sometimes I don’t know whether something is broken or whether I just don’t get how it works. I’ve successfully installed a couple of useful plugins (TablePress, Countdown & Clock). After activating them, they appear in the Dashboard area above the ‘Appearance’ option.

    But I’ve installed several other plugins, (like BracketNinja) where the activation goes smoothly, but there’s just no apparent way to engage with it, because they *don’t* appear in the Dashboard list. For instance, I just installed “Health Check & Troubleshooting” since I saw it recommended here . . . but now what? Is there some other means of accessing the plugin?

    Here’s a picture of my dashboard, where you can see what I’m talking about.

    Invisible Plugins

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  • JNashHawkins

    (@jnashhawkins)

    6 years, 9 months ago

    I’ve been doing this for years now and still run into new plugins where I install them then have to do some digging to find any settings info if there is any…

    Some plugins create their own entry in the main dashboard list while others create a settings section in the settings area of the dashboard.

    Then there are a few that have no settings and pretty much do their job from the background without further interaction.

    A few plugins will only allow admins to work with them so they may be hidden from the other users and a few are must use plugins or dropins that require files to configure their features.

    All of this should be covered in the individual plugin’s documentation or by request to the author and/or their support team.

    Sometimes there is an ‘orphaned’ plugin where you just need to keep digging until you find a sympathetic ear or the documentation you need.

    I’ll always point the user to the author first but I’m open to revisiting the issue if the user informs me they can’t get help. Of course, I seldom help with commercial plugins that are being actively supported as that’s just not right.

    Another resource would be the forums at Stack Exchange for even more technical help.

    Moderator Steven Stern (sterndata)

    (@sterndata)

    Volunteer Forum Moderator

    6 years, 9 months ago

    Health Check’s output is under TOOLS.

    Thread Starter wickerman5

    (@wickerman5)

    6 years, 9 months ago

    Thanks guys, these were helpful responses!

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