Jetpack Plugin by Automattic Supercharges Your Self-Hosted WordPress Site

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Wordpress Jetpack Plugin Installation

To get started with Jetpack, download and install the plugin. Once you’ve installed Jetpack you’ll activate all the delightful features below.

Installation

Install Jetpack either via the WordPress.org plugin directory, or by uploading the files to your server

  1. After activating Jetpack by WordPress.com, you will be asked to connect to WordPress.com to enable the Jetpack features.
  2. Click the connect button and log in to a WordPress.com account to authorize the Jetpack connection.
  3. If you don’t yet have a WordPress.com account, you can quickly create one after clicking the connect button.
  4. That’s it. You’re ready to go!

Jetpack is a WordPress plugin that supercharges your self-hosted WordPress site with the awesome cloud power of WordPress.com.

Mullenweg explains his motivation behind the offering, “The dot.org users can get the best of WordPress.com without giving up control, which might be the future of open source in general.”

Jetpack will eventually replace over 20 plugins with just one and WordPress has already partnered with Bluehost, Dreamhost and Hostgator to make this bundle available immediately with the one-click WordPress.org installs upon launch.

Says Mullenweg, “If you’re on WordPress you’re part of the family, it shouldn’t matter if we host you or not.”

Jetpack  + WordPress

Features include:

Wordpress Jetpack Plugin Features

Faq

I already have a WordPress account, but it’s not working, what’s going on?

Jetpack requires a connection to WordPress.com to enable all features. This is a different account than the one you use to log into your self-hosted WordPress.

If you can log into http://wordpress.com, then you already have a WordPress.com account. If you can’t, then you can easily create one as part of the installation of Jetpack.

How do I view my stats?

 
Once you’ve installed Jetpack, your stats will be available via the “Site Stats” menu which appears in the new Jetpack menu (under your Dashboard menu within WordPress).

How do I embed media?


Use shortcodes to embed your media. Currently, Jetpack provides several shortcodes listed in the screen shot below.

Media Shortcodes

So what do you think of the new jetpack plugin for wordPress?

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