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title: Getting Started With MetaSlider Pro Versions
description: "In this guide, we'll show you how to install and use MetaSlider Slideshow Pro or MetaSlider Gallery Pro. Before you install the Pro version, [please follow this guide](https://www.metaslider.com/docs/getting-started/) to make sure you have the Free version of your plugin installed.…"
url: "https://www.metaslider.com/docs/metaslider-pro/"
updated: "2026-05-18"
category: Getting Started
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# Getting Started With MetaSlider Pro Versions

In this guide, we'll show you how to install and use MetaSlider Slideshow Pro or MetaSlider Gallery Pro.

Before you install the Pro version, [please follow this guide](https://www.metaslider.com/docs/getting-started/) to make sure you have the Free version of your plugin installed. You should see a MetaSlider link in your WordPress admin menu, as in the image below.

![MetaSlider Free is installed](https://www.metaslider.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/metaslider-plugins-1024x448.png)

You are now ready to install the Pro version of your plugin.

- Log in here to MetaSlider.com.
- Click "Licenses and Downloads" in the sidebar.
- Click the big orange "Download MetaSlider Slideshow Pro" or "Download MetaSlider Gallery Pro" button.

![Download MetaSlider Pro](https://www.metaslider.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/download-metaslider-1024x426.png)

Now it's time to go to your WordPress site and install the plugin.

- Go to the "Plugins" link in your WordPress site.
- Click "Add New".
- Click "Upload".
- Click "Browse" and select the file from your desktop.
- Click "Install Now".

![Upload MetaSlider Pro](https://www.metaslider.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/upload-pro-1024x292.png)

- Click "Activate Plugin".

![Activate MetaSlider Pro](https://www.metaslider.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/activate-plugin-1024x342.png)

- You will see both the Free and the Pro version installed on your site.
- Finally enter your customer login information on this screen. Enter the email and password that you use for MetaSlider.com.
- Congratulations: your Pro version is ready to use.

![Installed MetaSlider Pro](https://www.metaslider.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/metaslider-pro-install-1024x316.png)