Install Jetpack and Connect Your New Plan

Are you ready to blast off with Jetpack? Great! Get started and connect your website.

What do I need to run Jetpack on my site?

• A web host that meets the WordPress host requirements.
• The latest version of WordPress. If your version of WordPress is out of date, you’ll see a prompt to automatically update with a single click, or you can update manually.
• A WordPress.com account. This is usually created when you purchase your plan.
• A publicly accessible WordPress site: password protection or Coming Soon / Maintenance Mode plugins will prevent Jetpack from connecting.
• A publicly accessible XML-RPC file.

Install Jetpack from your WP Admin page

Jetpack can be installed like any other WordPress plugin.

1. To begin, click on the Plugins link in your WordPress admin dashboard, then click Add New.
2. Search for Jetpack. The latest version will be in the search results, and will have the full name of Jetpack - WP Security, Backup, Speeds, & Growth. Click the Install Now button, as shown above.
3. Click the Activate button.

Once you have installed WordPress in your own language, Jetpack will automatically switch to your language, as long as a translation file is available. More on contributing to Jetpack translations can be found here.

Set up Jetpack

After activating, you will be prompted to set up Jetpack.

1. Click the Set up Jetpack button.
2. Next, approve the connection to WordPress.com. Make sure the email address shown is the same one you used when purchasing your plan.
3. If you already purchased a plan, you will be prompted to activate the licence. Copy the license key from your purchase confirmation email and paste it into the license field.
4. If you have not already purchased a plan, you will be shown the different products to choose from and can make your purchase from there.

If you run into any connection problems, please see our documentation on Jetpack connection issues or Troubleshooting tips.

Activate a license already purchased

Please follow the steps in this article to activate a license you have already purchased.

Jetpack and different types of WordPress installations

Multisite installations

You can use Jetpack on a WordPress Multisite installation. Jetpack must be connected separately to WordPress.com on each site in the network. Any Administrator for that site can create the Jetpack connection. It does not have to be a different Administrator user or a different WordPress.com user for each site.

Please be aware that some features of Jetpack do not work well on multisite installations. You can read more in Jetpack Multisite.

Local WordPress installation or private website

You can still use many of Jetpack’s features with Jetpack’s development mode.