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Manual installation
WordPress can install a plugin from a ZIP in about ninety seconds — unless your host says the file is too big, and then you need a back door. Both routes are below. Pick the one that matches the access you have.
/wp-content/plugins/allsaveit/
Step zero
All three end in exactly the same place: a folder called allsaveit sitting inside wp-content/plugins. They just take different doors to get there.
That's it — the plugin is live on your site.
Save compress-your-website.zip somewhere you'll find it again. Do not unzip it. WordPress wants the sealed package, not the contents.
Go to yoursite.com/wp-admin. Editor and author accounts can't install plugins — you need the administrator role.
The Upload Plugin button hides at the very top of the Add Plugins screen, next to the heading. It's easy to walk straight past it and start searching the directory instead.
Pick compress-your-website.zip and press Install Now. WordPress uploads it, unpacks it into the plugins folder, and reports back in a few seconds.
On the success screen, click Activate Plugin. Until you do, the files are on the server but nothing is running.
Open the AllSaveIt menu, paste your API key, and run your first optimization. That links the site to your 25 GB of cloud storage.
That's it — the plugin is live on your site.
This is the one route where you do unzip. You should end up with a single folder named allsaveit with a PHP file inside it.
allsaveit/allsaveit/ — a folder inside a folder — upload the inner one. A double wrap is the most common reason a plugin never shows up.Host, username, password and port live in your hosting control panel, usually under FTP Accounts. Prefer SFTP on port 22 when your host offers it — plain FTP sends your password unencrypted.
Both are free. Enter the details, connect, and you'll see your server's files on the right-hand side.
The path is public_html/wp-content/plugins/. On some hosts the root is www, htdocs or httpdocs instead — look for the folder containing wp-config.php.
Upload the whole allsaveit folder. Wait for the transfer queue to empty completely — a half-uploaded plugin will throw fatal errors on activation.
Back in wp-admin → Plugins, AllSaveIt now appears in the list. Click Activate, then paste your API key.
That's it — the plugin is live on your site.
cPanel, Plesk, hPanel and DirectAdmin all have one. It's a file browser that runs in your browser, so there's nothing to install.
From the root, open public_html → wp-content → plugins. You'll see a folder for every plugin already on the site.
Hit Upload and send compress-your-website.zip straight into the plugins folder. This route skips PHP's upload limit entirely, which is exactly why it works when the dashboard won't.
Right-click the uploaded ZIP and choose Extract. A folder named allsaveit appears next to it.
Tidy, and it stops the archive being served publicly. Confirm the folder contains allsaveit.php directly — not another folder wrapping it.
Go to wp-admin → Plugins, activate AllSaveIt, paste your API key and run the first bulk optimization.
Shortcut
WP-CLI installs and activates in a single line. Run it from your WordPress root.
When it goes wrong
Your host caps how large a file PHP will accept, and the plugin is over it. Raise the limit in php.ini or your host's PHP settings panel, or skip the limit entirely by using the FTP or File Manager route above. The second option is faster and needs no permissions.
WordPress opened the ZIP and couldn't find a PHP file with a plugin header. Nearly always this is the double-folder problem: the archive contains a folder, which contains another folder, which contains the code. Unzip it, take the innermost folder that holds the main PHP file, re-zip that, and upload again.
The upload took longer than the security token stayed valid, so WordPress rejected it. Go back, reload the page and try again on a stable connection — or use FTP, which has no such timeout.
Check the folder actually landed in wp-content/plugins and not one level above it in wp-content. Also confirm the main PHP file sits directly inside the plugin folder. WordPress only scans one level deep.
Usually an incomplete upload or a PHP version below the plugin's minimum. Rename the plugin folder over FTP — adding -off to the end is enough — and WordPress will deactivate it automatically so you can get back into the dashboard. Then re-upload the files and check your PHP version.
Last step
Once the plugin is active, open AllSaveIt → Settings, paste this key and save. That connects the site to your 25 GB of cloud storage.
One key works across every site on your account.
Free plugin, 25 GB of cloud storage, unlimited websites. If anything sticks, email us and a human will answer.