Plugins are mini-programs created as add-ons to core programs such as browsers. Plugins expand the capabilities of the main programs, make them easier to work with. Many special plugins are written for each program - from plugins for watching videos to a plugin that allows you to track traffic congestion.
The exact translation of the English word, or rather two words plug in - connect, connect. Translation, in general terms, conveys the meaning of the term, but plugins are much more often called add-ons, extensions, add-on modules, applications. In any case, a plug-in is a mini-program that expands the capabilities of the main program or makes it easier to work in it.
Each main program has its own plugins. Extensions created for the browser cannot be applied to graphic design programs or CMS site engines. And vice versa.
Why browsers need plugins
All browsers that serve as guides to the world of the Internet open web pages of sites. They only open and nothing else, if additional applications and plugins are not installed on them. Some are in the default browser.
Plus - there is always a choice. If you need any add-ons, you can install them yourself using the plugin selection platform. New extensions and add-ons appear every day, so the choice of helper programs is huge.
From watching videos and reading documents in various formats; from listening to music and tracking traffic jams and weather in your area, to analyzing sites for a developer and optimizer.
All browsers are rapidly evolving, improving and accelerating. This means that plugins must be updated and improved in a timely manner in order to remain useful mini-user assistants.
There is only one thing to remember: if you "hang" the browser with a huge number of plugins, it will become clumsy and slow. Install only those extensions that you cannot do without. Try not to make it difficult for your web pages to load quickly. Performance is the main concern of browser developers, and therefore they are installed, so to speak, "naked", with a minimum of the most necessary plugins.
Whoever needs what application will deliver it. An info-businessman does not need a browser with pre-installed flash games, and a student does not need plugins that track the exchange rate of the dollar and the euro. Everyone will choose something of their own.
Plugins for WordPress and other site engines
All engines hosting sites provide the ability to install additional plugins. This is especially true of the popular Word Press engine. Word Press is a grateful platform for a blogger. Free, simple, has many plugins that improve and simplify the work of an inexperienced user.
It's not enough just to install WordPress on a domain, it needs to be configured so that search engines see it, index and promote it. That's what plugins are for. There are a lot of them. There are necessary plugins, without which the correct operation of the site will be difficult or even impossible, and there are plugins that decorate the appearance of the blog, increase its usability.
Plugins are written for all programs - from graphics programs to programs for creating video and music. They expand the capabilities of the basic programs and make working with them more convenient and comfortable.
If you come across a plugin that is being asked to pay money for, google its free counterpart. It often happens that unscrupulous and enterprising "businessmen" pack in a "box" for sale what is offered in the public domain for free by plug-in developers.
Before installing a new plugin, research what it can do and how much you need it. An excess of add-ons will not be useful to any program, be it a browser or a website.
