How to install Pligg modules?

Pligg is one of the famous open source content management systems used to create community websites. Pligg functionality can be extended by creating custom modules. Once you created the custom module you need to install it in Pligg. So Pligg can run the functionality provided in the custom module.

Below are the steps to install Pligg modules in the Pligg system.

Step (1). Download the module you want to install into Pligg. Usually, modules come with a .zip format and should maintain the folder structure that Pligg supports.

Step (2). Log in to your Pligg based website’s control panel (Your site’s control panel must be provided by the hosting provider).

Step (3). Go to the folder where you installed your Pligg based website. For eg: it will be /home/public_html/your-website-name/

Step (4). You will find the modules folder. Open the modules folder.

Step (5). Verify the folder structure inside the downloaded custom module. It should contain a folder inside, underneath all module files will be placed. So when we extract the ZIP file, the files will be extracted into the folder instead of extracting to the location from where we extracted the ZIP file.

Step (6). Now upload the ZIP file into your site’s modules folder.

Step (7). Extract the ZIP file. The modules files will be extracted into the folder and the folder will be added into the modules folder.

Step (8). Now Log in to your Pligg based website as an administrator.

Step (9). Go to the website’s Admin Panel by clicking on the Admin menu which is on top of the website.

Step (10). Scroll down to the Admin Panel page and look for the Modules section on the left side of the page. You will find the module just installed into the Pligg system here. Once you click on the module name, it will open the module’s Settings page to allow you to do any module-specific settings.