how to install the import plugin for my wordpress?

October 7, 2014 1.5k views
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I have build a wordpress on my digitalocean vps, my digitalocean ip is x.y.z.w .

How can i fill out the Hostname,FTP Username,FTP Password ,Connection Type when i want to install the import plugin for my wordpress?

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asb MOD October 7, 2014

Hi!

If you could be more specific about the problem you're running into, I'm sure we could help you better. You should be able to install plugins by navigating to http://your.ip.address/wp-admin/plugin-install.php and upload plugins at http://your.ip.address/wp-admin/plugin-install.php?tab=uploadIf you need to enable uploading plugins using SFTP, check out this article for all the details:

Let us know how it goes!

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