{"id":728,"date":"2022-12-14T12:04:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-14T12:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.hostinger.io\/support\/2022\/12\/14\/6824127-what-is-the-hostinger-wordpress-plugin\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T12:12:04","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T12:12:04","slug":"6824127-what-is-the-hostinger-wordpress-plugin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/6824127-what-is-the-hostinger-wordpress-plugin\/","title":{"rendered":"What Are the Hostinger WordPress Plugins?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When you install WordPress on your Hostinger hosting plan, two plugins are automatically added to your WordPress admin panel: <strong>Hostinger Tools<\/strong> and <strong>Hostinger Easy Onboarding<\/strong>. Each plugin serves a different purpose &mdash; this article explains what they do and how to use them.<\/p><h3>Hostinger Tools<\/h3><p><strong>Hostinger Tools<\/strong> is an all-in-one plugin designed to help you manage essential settings for your WordPress site directly from the WordPress admin panel.<\/p><p>The plugin is installed automatically on all new WordPress instances. Once the plugin is installed, go to <strong>Hostinger &rarr; Tools<\/strong> in your WordPress admin panel.<\/p><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8298\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/03\/2026-03-04_11-37.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"743\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/03\/2026-03-04_11-37.png 750w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/03\/2026-03-04_11-37-300x297.png 300w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/03\/2026-03-04_11-37-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/p><h4>Features<\/h4><p><strong>Basic Info<\/strong><\/p><ul>\n<li>Displays your current WordPress version and alerts you when an update is available.<\/li>\n<li>Shows your current PHP version and alerts you when an update is available.<\/li>\n<\/ul><p><strong>Maintenance Mode<\/strong><\/p><ul>\n<li>Enable or disable maintenance mode for your site while you make changes.<\/li>\n<li>Set a bypass URL so selected users can still access the site during maintenance.<\/li>\n<\/ul><p><strong>Security<\/strong><\/p><ul>\n<li>Enable or disable XML-RPC requests to improve your site&rsquo;s security.<\/li>\n<\/ul><p><strong>Redirects<\/strong><\/p><ul>\n<li>Force all URLs to use HTTPS for secure browsing.<\/li>\n<li>Force all URLs to use WWW for consistent site access.<\/li>\n<\/ul><p>&nbsp;<\/p><div class=\"intercom-interblocks-callout\" style=\"background-color: #e3e7fa80;border-color: #334bfa33\">\n<p><strong>Note<\/strong>: Check more about the features of this plugin in this guide: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/in\/tutorials\/how-to-use-hostinger-tools-plugin\">How to use the Hostinger Tools plugin for WordPress maintenance<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><h3>Hostinger Easy Onboarding<\/h3><p><strong>Hostinger Easy Onboarding<\/strong> is a beginner-friendly plugin that guides you through the first steps of building your WordPress website. It is available exclusively to Hostinger customers.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">Once the plugin is installed, the onboarding panel appears automatically in your WordPress admin panel. You can also access it from the <strong>Hostinger<\/strong> menu.<\/p><div class=\"intercom-container intercom-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2022\/12\/90b13ed7-d486-481b-8536-be4cc958989f.jpg\" alt=\"The Hostinger plugin on the WordPress Admin panel\"><\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">This helpful tool will walk you through the <b>basic actions to create your website<\/b>:<\/p><div class=\"intercom-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2022\/12\/82da0e4e-c718-476c-9d61-a4a29bc7a0d7.jpg\" alt=\"The steps to set up a WordPress website using the Hostinger plugin\"><\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">Let&rsquo;s go over each one in detail:<\/p><ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b><a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"#h_27f1aaa807\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Upload your logo<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b><a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"#h_84e592bb04\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Upload an image<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b><a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"#h_d8e573d09d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Edit heading<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b><a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"#h_9a59f992af\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Edit post description<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b><a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"#h_f25fdf5050\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Add a new page<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b><a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"#h_34b2cb2c75\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Preview website<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><h2 id=\"h_27f1aaa807\">Upload your logo<\/h2><p class=\"no-margin\">You will see the option to create a logo using our amazing <b><a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"https:\/\/logo.hostinger.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Logo Maker<\/a><\/b>. If you already have an image, click on <b>Take me there<\/b> to open the Customize page on a new window and upload your logo:<\/p><div class=\"intercom-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2022\/12\/ba2a9349-1561-416a-9734-b22645bda5d4.jpg\" alt=\"The steps to upload a logo using Hostinger plugin\"><\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">On the Customize page, after making the changes, you can either publish right away or click on the <b>gear icon<\/b> to publish later by choosing <b>Save Draft<\/b>:<\/p><div class=\"intercom-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2022\/12\/27340e80-afd3-4d09-b17b-ad8215b386ad.jpg\" alt=\"The WordPress Customize page showing how to save a draft\"><\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">Once done, go back to the Hostinger plugin window and click on <b>Got it!<\/b> This step will be marked as completed, and the next one will be shown &#128522;<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><div class=\"intercom-interblocks-callout\" style=\"background-color: #e3e7fa80;border-color: #334bfa33\"><b>NOTE<\/b>: If you wish to skip this or any other step for now, simply scroll down and click on the next desired step to expand it<\/div><h2 id=\"h_84e592bb04\">Upload an image<\/h2><p class=\"no-margin\">Click on <b>Take me there<\/b> to open the WordPress <b>Media Library<\/b>, where you will be able to upload an image as well as apply some basic edits to it.<\/p><h2 id=\"h_d8e573d09d\">Edit heading<\/h2><p class=\"no-margin\">Clicking on <b>Take me there <\/b>will take you once again to the Customize page. There, click on <b>Use Site Editor<\/b> to build a custom header for your website:<\/p><div class=\"intercom-container intercom-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2022\/12\/3e9a033a-e146-4d6c-bddf-b464ee71633f.jpg\" alt=\"The WordPress Customize page showing the Use Site Editor button\"><\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">When all is good to go, save the changes and head to the next step.<\/p><h2 id=\"h_9a59f992af\">Edit post description<\/h2><p class=\"no-margin\">Click on <b>Take me there <\/b>to create your first new page, or edit one of the pre-generated ones. Make sure to click on <b>Publish<\/b> or <b>Save draft<\/b> when you&rsquo;re done to apply the changes.<\/p><h2 id=\"h_f25fdf5050\">Add a new page<\/h2><p class=\"no-margin\">The <b>Take me there <\/b>button will open a new window to create a new post for your website. Add the title and content and publish it or save it as a draft for later.<\/p><h2 id=\"h_34b2cb2c75\">Preview website<\/h2><p class=\"no-margin\">You can see the progress live on your website at any time or after completing all the steps by clicking on <b>Preview website<\/b>.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">That&rsquo;s it, you have successfully published your website!<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\"><b>Additional resources<\/b>:<\/p><ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Feel free to check our selection of articles on <b><a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"https:\/\/support.hostinger.com\/en\/collections\/944749-website#wordpress-management\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WordPress management<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Using the Hostinger WordPress plugin to start building your website<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":581,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"include_on_kodee":true,"footnotes":""},"categories":[179],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-728","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wordpress-management"],"hreflangs":[{"locale":"en-US","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/6824127-what-is-the-hostinger-wordpress-plugin\/","default":1},{"locale":"es-ES","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/es\/support\/6824127-que-es-el-plugin-de-hostinger-para-wordpress\/","default":0},{"locale":"fr-FR","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/fr\/support\/6824127-qu-est-ce-que-le-plugin-hostinger-wordpress\/","default":0},{"locale":"lt-LT","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/lt\/support\/6824127-kas-yra-hostinger-wordpress-iskiepis\/","default":0},{"locale":"pt-PT","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/br\/support\/6824127-o-que-e-o-plugin-da-hostinger-para-wordpress\/","default":0}],"include_on_kodee":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/728","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/581"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=728"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/728\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8299,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/728\/revisions\/8299"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}