Also, since I will be developing a plugin for wordpress, I am particularly interested in getting wordpress to notice a new plugin in the plugins directory, as this will allow me to do development work. I have written a "Hello World" php plugin, but just as with the Formidable plugin manual install, wordpress is not recognizing it.
So maybe the question is, How do I get Wordpress to recognize a new plugin?
The two default plugins, "Hello Dolly" and "Akismet", are recognized. I am not sure why.
Thanks!