{"id":19289,"date":"2012-06-07T08:41:55","date_gmt":"2012-06-07T12:41:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/?p=19289"},"modified":"2017-08-24T06:23:07","modified_gmt":"2017-08-24T10:23:07","slug":"magento-how-to-work-with-extensions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/magento-how-to-work-with-extensions.html","title":{"rendered":"Magento. How to work with extensions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\r\n<p>This tutorial shows how to work with Magento extensions<\/p>\r\n<p>Let&#8217;s install extension using Magento Connect Manager.<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>1.<\/strong> You should go to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.magentocommerce.com\/magento-connect\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.magentocommerce.com\/magento-connect\/<\/a> and find appropriate extension. Make sure that version of your Magento is compatible with extension, select suitable version of Magento Connect. After that you should click on Get extension key. Copy extension key.<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Magento_how_to_work_with_extensions-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Magento_how_to_work_with_extensions-1-300x165.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"165\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-19290\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Magento_how_to_work_with_extensions-1-300x165.png 300w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Magento_how_to_work_with_extensions-1-1024x565.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Magento_how_to_work_with_extensions-1.png 1243w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n<p><strong>2.<\/strong> Go to <strong>System-&gt;Magento Connect-&gt;Magento Connect Manger<\/strong> and paste the key you have copied.<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Magento_how_to_work_with_extensions-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Magento_how_to_work_with_extensions-2-300x158.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"158\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-19291\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Magento_how_to_work_with_extensions-2-300x158.png 300w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Magento_how_to_work_with_extensions-2-1024x541.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Magento_how_to_work_with_extensions-2.png 1240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n<p><strong>3.<\/strong> Click on install. Console shows status of installation.<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Magento_how_to_work_with_extensions-3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Magento_how_to_work_with_extensions-3-300x172.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"172\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-19292\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Magento_how_to_work_with_extensions-3-300x172.png 300w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Magento_how_to_work_with_extensions-3-1024x588.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Magento_how_to_work_with_extensions-3.png 1239w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n<p><strong>4.<\/strong> Refresh the page in order to see changes. Extension will appear in the extensions list. We have successfully installed Guest_Book extension. <\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Magento_how_to_work_with_extensions-4.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Magento_how_to_work_with_extensions-4-300x155.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"155\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-19293\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Magento_how_to_work_with_extensions-4-300x155.png 300w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Magento_how_to_work_with_extensions-4-1024x532.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Magento_how_to_work_with_extensions-4.png 1241w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n<p><strong>5.<\/strong> Return to admin section, logout from Magento admin section and login back after that. Go to <strong>System-&gt;Configuration<\/strong> and find settings for your extension.<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Magento_how_to_work_with_extensions-5.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Magento_how_to_work_with_extensions-5-300x172.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"172\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-19294\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Magento_how_to_work_with_extensions-5-300x172.png 300w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Magento_how_to_work_with_extensions-5-1024x589.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Magento_how_to_work_with_extensions-5.png 1256w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n<p><strong>6.<\/strong> Open extension settings. There you can modify options for your extension.<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Magento_how_to_work_with_extensions-6.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Magento_how_to_work_with_extensions-6-300x138.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"138\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-19295\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Magento_how_to_work_with_extensions-6-300x138.png 300w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Magento_how_to_work_with_extensions-6-1024x473.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Magento_how_to_work_with_extensions-6.png 1243w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n<p><strong>7.<\/strong> Refresh home page in order to check changes. We can see that Guest Book link appear in menu. Check the screenshot below.<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Magento_how_to_work_with_extensions-7.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Magento_how_to_work_with_extensions-7-300x155.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"155\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-19296\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Magento_how_to_work_with_extensions-7-300x155.png 300w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Magento_how_to_work_with_extensions-7-1024x530.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Magento_how_to_work_with_extensions-7.png 1239w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n<p><strong>8.<\/strong> Extension is installed and works properly.<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Magento_how_to_work_with_extensions-8.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Magento_how_to_work_with_extensions-8-300x179.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"179\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-19298\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Magento_how_to_work_with_extensions-8-300x179.png 300w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Magento_how_to_work_with_extensions-8-1024x614.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Magento_how_to_work_with_extensions-8.png 1239w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Let&#8217;s remove extension from Magento.<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p><strong>1.<\/strong> Go to Magento Connect Manager. There we can see list of extensions.<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Magento_how_to_work_with_extensions-9.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Magento_how_to_work_with_extensions-9-300x180.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-19297\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Magento_how_to_work_with_extensions-9-300x180.png 300w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Magento_how_to_work_with_extensions-9-1024x615.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Magento_how_to_work_with_extensions-9.png 1243w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n<p><strong>2.<\/strong> Find extension you need to remove. In our case it is Guest_Book extension. Select appropriate action for extension.<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Magento_how_to_work_with_extensions-10.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Magento_how_to_work_with_extensions-10-300x156.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"156\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-19299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Magento_how_to_work_with_extensions-10-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Magento_how_to_work_with_extensions-10-1024x535.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Magento_how_to_work_with_extensions-10.png 1238w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n<p><strong>3.<\/strong> Click on Commit changes. After that actions you have set will be performed. We have selected Uninstal option. <\/p>\r\n<p><strong>4.<\/strong> In console you will see that extension is uninstalled.<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Magento_how_to_work_with_extensions-11.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Magento_how_to_work_with_extensions-11-300x172.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"172\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-19300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Magento_how_to_work_with_extensions-11-300x172.png 300w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Magento_how_to_work_with_extensions-11-1024x590.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Magento_how_to_work_with_extensions-11.png 1239w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n<p>In this tutorial we have found out how to work with Magento extensions.<\/p>\r\n<div class=\"inline-banner\">\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/service-center\/\">\r\n<img src=\"\/help\/files\/banners\/inline\/Banner-2-(835-x100).jpg\"\/>\r\n<\/a>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<p>Feel free to check the detailed video tutorial below:<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"\/help\/files\/Magento\/Magento_how_to_work_with_extensions.htm\" target=\"blank\">Magento. How to work with extensions<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This tutorial shows how to work with Magento extensions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":19302,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[729],"tags":[1278,2407,793,1264],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19289"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/39"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19289"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19289\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":83042,"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19289\/revisions\/83042"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19302"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}