{"id":683,"date":"2025-03-24T14:27:23","date_gmt":"2025-03-24T14:27:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/article\/installing-geodirectory\/"},"modified":"2025-04-03T15:35:56","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T14:35:56","slug":"installing-geodirectory","status":"publish","type":"gd_place","link":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/article\/installation\/installing-geodirectory\/","title":{"rendered":"Installing GeoDirectory"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>There are two ways to install GeoDirectory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-blockstrap-blockstrap-widget-alert d-flex align-items-center fade show alert alert-info mb-3\" role=\"alert\"><span class=\"fas fa-info-circle me-2\"><\/span><span class=\"flex-grow-1\"><strong>It is recommended that you choose your theme before activating GeoDirectory.<\/strong><br>You can change your theme later, but you may have to re-do your menus and widgets, or run the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/article\/installation\/setup-wizard\/\">GeoDirectory Setup Wizard<\/a>\u00a0again.<\/span><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-blockstrap-blockstrap-widget-heading mb-3\">Via the\u00a0WordPress dashboard<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>From the Dashboard select <strong>Plugins &gt; Add New.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In the search field enter &#8220;GeoDirectory&#8221;, then select <strong>install <\/strong>on &#8220;GeoDirectory \u2013 Business Directory Plugin&#8221;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>After installation, click&nbsp;<strong>Activate<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/file-RSqplGkTRY-1024x498.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Via wpGeoDirectory.com<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Go to <a href=\"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wpgeodirectory.com<\/a> and click &#8220;Get GeoDirectory&#8221;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>From the WordPress Dashboard select&nbsp;<strong>Plugins &gt; Add New<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click&nbsp;<strong>Upload Plugin<\/strong>, and select the file you downloaded from&nbsp;GeoDirectory.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/file-Qw2oWRGuLz-1.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-blockstrap-blockstrap-widget-alert d-flex align-items-center fade show alert alert-info mb-3\" role=\"alert\"><span class=\"fas fa-info-circle me-2\"><\/span><span class=\"flex-grow-1\">We strongly recommend that you also\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/article\/first-steps\/install-ayecode-connect-help-widget\/\">install AyeCode Connect<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 our helper plugin that helps you seek support for GeoDirectory and facilitates troubleshooting.<\/span><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Once you have installed GeoDirectory, you may head to <strong>GeoDirectory &gt; Extensions <\/strong>and start installing any GD extensions that you may need to.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are two ways to install GeoDirectory. Via wpGeoDirectory.com Once you have installed GeoDirectory, you may head to GeoDirectory &gt; Extensions and start installing any GD extensions that you may need to.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"article\/tags":[],"article\/categories":[208,394],"class_list":["post-683","gd_place","type-gd_place","status-publish","hentry","gd_placecategory-getting-started","gd_placecategory-installation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/683","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/gd_place"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=683"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/683\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"gd_place_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/tags?post=683"},{"taxonomy":"gd_placecategory","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/categories?post=683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}