DIY: Uploading Themes Plugins Media in Wordpress

In order to build or manage your Wordpress blog, you will need to know how to add media/files to your server. You have many options available to you, including some by necessity. Standard media files, such as images, plugins, themes, and videos can be uploaded directly through Wordpress — making it a truly DIY platform for your blog. However, if your file sizes are ever larger than 24mb you will need to learn a secondary means for uploading files to your server — whether through FTP or your hosting FTP client (if any is offered).

DIY Necessity: Uploading Files

You can not be a smart DIY marketer and not know how to upload files to your server, whether you’re using a Wordpress blog or not. Taking the time to learn this simple tactic will enable you to take total control of your own domain and entire web presence. Most video files will be much larger than 24mb, there may be times when you need to not embed them using video sites like YouTube. And, it’s just a skill you need to know, if you’re serious about online marketing

Uploading Files Through Wordpress

Any file that you’ll need in Wordpress (themes, plugins, videos, images, and audios) can be uploaded inside your Wordpress blog. The file size limit for any file is 24mb.

How to Upload a Wordpress Theme

Step-by-Step:

Login and click Appearance in your left-side navigation menu.
Click Add New Themes
Click Upload
Click Browse and locate the .zip file of your theme on your computer
Double-click the file
Click upload

You can also upload themes from the Wordpress repository of available themes (free):

Instead of uploading you can click Search, Featured, Newest, and/or Recently Updated to find the perfect theme for your blog.

How to Upload a Wordpress Plugin

Step-by-Step:

Login and click Plugins in your left-side navigation menu
Click Add New
Click Browse and locate the .zip file of your plugin on your computer
Double-click the file
Click upload

You can also upload plugins from the Wordpress repository of available plugins (free):

Instead of uploading you can click Search, Featured, Newest, and/or Recently Updated to find the perfect plugins for your blog.

How to Add Media (Video, Images, Audio) to Wordpress

Step-by-Step:

Login and click Media in your left-side navigation menu
Click Add New
Click Select File and locate the file on your computer
Double-click the file
Click upload

Remember: Your file upload limit, per file, is 24mb

You can also add individual media files when creating a post or a page:

From within a post or page, you can simply click the image, video, or audio icon (top left menu in the editor) and upload a file specifically for that post/page.

Adding themes, plugins, and audio video walk through:

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Beyond uploading files from withing Wordpress (remember 24mb limit), an alternative would be to use an FTP (File Transfer Protocol) program that givers you direct access to your server.

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About the Author...

Maria Reyes-McDavis is a colossal geek brainiac, certified genius IQ with university degrees in Finance, Economics, Business Management and an MBA. Maria has served over 300 pro-level, digital marketing clients as founder of online marketing firm Digital Peas & Carrots. Maria is Founder and Editor of Hyphenated Americans, a conservative politics blog and Proverbs 31 Project an online women's ministry. Most importantly, Maria is a wife to her king, mother of 3, lover of basketball (Go Lakers & Clippers!), classic cars and is currently training for professional women's roller derby!