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====== Plugins Tab ====== | ====== Plugins Tab ====== | ||
+ | =====Plugin Management===== | ||
+ | You can enable and disable plugins from the Plugin Management screen. | ||
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- | **This needs updating** | + | By default, each plugin is //inactive//, and you need to explicitly //activate// a plugin in order for it to become functional. Deactivating plugins can be useful when faults and errors occur; plugins can be activated one by one to trace faults. |
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- | GetSimple's [[:plugins|plugin system]] as of 3.0 will allow you to enable and disable plugins from the Plugin Management screen. Prior to 3.0, all plugins were enabled, and the only way to disable a plugin was to delete it from your server. | + | |
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- | By default, each plugin is enabled, and you need to explicitly **Disable** a plugin in order for it to stay on your server, but yet not get "loaded". | + | |
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- | * This feature might make your GetSimple website unstable if you add a new plugin and you don't have all its requirements. It is highly recommended to verify them and to add plugins one-by-one to detect possible issues early. | + | |
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===== Deleting Plugins ===== | ===== Deleting Plugins ===== | ||
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**Please note:** Most plugins save their data inside the ''/path/to/getsimple/data/other/'' folder. Leaving data files in here from removed/disabled plugins usually will not harm your installation, but it would be best if you removed these at the same time as you remove the plugin. | **Please note:** Most plugins save their data inside the ''/path/to/getsimple/data/other/'' folder. Leaving data files in here from removed/disabled plugins usually will not harm your installation, but it would be best if you removed these at the same time as you remove the plugin. | ||
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+ | ======Links====== | ||
+ | Back to the GetSimple Wiki [[:start|Contents Page]] | ||
+ | ==Pages in this Section== | ||
+ | ===Admin Reference=== | ||
+ | *[[:basics|GetSimple Basics]] | ||
+ | *[[how_to:website_settings|Settings]] | ||
+ | *[[how_to:support|Support]] | ||
+ | *[[how_to:page_editing|Pages Tab]] | ||
+ | *[[:file_management|Files Tab]] | ||
+ | *[[how_to:theme_editor|Theme Tab]] | ||
+ | *[[how_to:backup_pages|Backups Tab]] | ||
+ | *[[how_to:plugin_manager|Plugins Tab]] | ||
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