Basic Installation Plugin folder in the WordPress plugins folder must be gd-star-rating.

Upload gd-star-rating folder to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress Check all the plugin and plugin widgets settings before using the plugin. Advanced Installation if you don't change location of wp-content folder, then you don't need to ma ke any more changes. if your wp-content folder is moved out of default WordPress location, then y ou must edit plugins config.php file and set value with exact location of wp-loa d.php file for global constant STARRATING_WPLOAD in line 8. Without this most of the features, including saving votes, will not work.