Installing Plugins in Discourse 101 for super-super dummies

Hello Support Team,

We had to reinstall our Discourse on Digital Ocean. However, all plugins were gone after the install. I have looked around on Meta and found info on how to install plugins, but even though the tutorials might be obvious to tech-savvies like yourselves, it’s still Greek to me. I think Meta would be served by a really dumbed-down explanation—step by step—on how to install a plugin from complete scratch to a working install (like in bullet points or 1-2-3…). Can you please help me with this?

The first plugin I want to install is “Who’s Online.” Therefore, can we use that as the example in the 101 lesson? I have wanted to learn how to set up new plugins for a long time, and I need to know how to do it. It’s mandatory for any Admin.

Thank you very much, team!
Wes Penre

This is well written and about as simple as it can be:

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I missed that page for some reason. Thanks, Nathan. It looks straight-forward!

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