What issue or error are you experiencing? I recently installed Local and created a Wordpress website to develop localy, and want to add/install Wordpress plugins. But no option to do so seems to be avainable anywhere. What steps can be taken to replicate the issue? Feel free to include screenshots…

Ah okay @ArdanKrownz so it looks like you’ve made a multisite. When working within the multisite your UI will be a little bit different. You can access the plugin menu by going to My Sites > Network Admin > Plugins. Once you click in there you’ll see the Add Plugin option at the top like you would o…

[Screenshot 2025-08-15 at 8.40.29 AM] Hey @ArdanKrownz - Can you send a screenshot of your Local site in your app like this? Also if you click on Site Shell underneath the site name like you see in my screenshot, does that load up or give you any kind of errors?

Hi @Nick-B , thanks for the quick response. Here are screens for the Local site menu and the shell prompt : [ak_local] [ak_shell] Nothing seems out of place from what I see. No error in the Shell prompt upon opening, unless I shall execute a specific command to “diagnose” the site ? I dont sup…

Oops. Looks like I made hasty beginner-mistake assuptions haha :sweat_smile: Thanks a lot for the indication. As i used to work on a WAMP simple site (the option to turn site multi being somewhere within wordpress from what i recall), and worked on a multilanguage live site with plugins, i never re…

No problem at all @ArdanKrownz ! We’re always happy to help :slight_smile: :green_heart:

Unable to add/install Wordpress plugins : no "Add Plugin" option available

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Nick-B August 15, 2025, 4:20pm 6

No problem at all @ArdanKrownz! We’re always happy to help

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