jZip: Compression utility to zip and unzip themes and plugins

Installing Wordpress can be done easily with the use of Automatic Script Installer like Fantastico on our webhost. With just  few clicks, Our Wordpress powered blog will be up and running in no time. Once installed, we also need to install Wordpress Theme to make our blog beautiful and presentable. Plugins are also needed to be installed to expand the functionality of our blog.

Installation of Wordpress, Themes and Plugins can be done automatically with the use of Fantastico, Theme browser and Plugins Directory.  But there are times that we have to upload, install and activate manually. Uploading can be done using the webhost’s file manager and in the Wordpress Admin panel. You can also use a FTP Client to transfer those files and folders between your local computer and webserver. Most downloadable themes and plugins are in a .zip file format. Consider using a compression utility to extract it easily.

Before you upload plugins and themes onto your site, you have to unzip those files using a compression utility. There are many applications available that you can use. There are commercial versions, shareware and freewares. One that I prefer to use is JZip.

“jZip is a powerful and reliable compression utility. jZip is based on proven and reliable 7-Zip archiving technology by Igor Pavlov.  JZip sports an elegant, easy to use yet powerful user interface.”

I’ve been using this free alternative to winzip for some years now and I am satisfied of what it can offer. I can create, open and extract zip, tar, gzip and 7-zip files and also open and extract from rar and iso. It is absolutely free for everyone either for home and enterprise use.

jZip is defienitely the best free Winzip alternative. I am using this to zip and unzip Wordpress Themes, Plugins, Joomla Templates and others. Feel free to get and try  jZip from jZip.com.

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