# Install Plugins

StreamTube provides 9 recommended plugins

1. **StreamTube Core**: StreamTube theme core plugin (<mark style="color:red;">**required**</mark>).
2. **Elementor Website Builder**: a powerful page builder plugin.
3. **WP Post Like**: enables adding Like button for videos.
4. **WP User Follow**: enables sFollow button for users.
5. **WP Easy Review**: built-in Review System with unlimited criteria.
6. [**WP Video Encoder**](https://phpface.gitbook.io/streamtube/transcode-and-encrypt-video-with-ffmpeg): enables automatic video encoding, automatic video thumbnail, support video self-hosted files only, read Encode Video section for futher details.
7. [**Better Messages**](https://phpface.gitbook.io/streamtube/live-chat-and-private-messages): enables sending private messages, available for free download from <https://wordpress.org/plugins/bp-better-messages>
8. [**WP Cloudflare Stream**](https://phpface.gitbook.io/streamtube/cloudflare-stream): Enables live streaming and on-demand video platform, which can ingest, encode, record, and play videos from one unified product.
9. [**WP Post Location**](https://phpface.gitbook.io/streamtube/post-location) enables World Map with post markers.
10. [**WP User Channel**](https://phpface.gitbook.io/streamtube/create-user-channels) enables members to create their own channels
11. [**Search Everything** ](https://phpface.gitbook.io/streamtube/search-everything-in-wordpress)Forked from <https://wordpress.org/plugins/search-everything/>

After activating the theme and [verifying license](https://phpface.gitbook.io/streamtube/verify-license), navigate to **Appearance > Install Plugins** page, choose the plugins, select **Install** and click **Apply** button.

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If the plugins are not visible, navigate to **Appearance > Verify License** and click the "**Check Updates**" button
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Only activate the plugins that you intend to use.
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After activating plugins, navigate to **Settings > Permalinks** and click **Save Changes** button.
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Enabling Pretty Permalinks is recommended <https://wordpress.org/documentation/article/customize-permalinks/#pretty-permalinks>
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