Hello Tony

Thank you for your interest in wpDataTables.

Unfortunately, we don't provide support for WordPress and localhost installations, so I can't help you with that. I can, however, point you to a few good articles:

If you're using Windows: https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/how-to-install-wordpress-on-your-windows-computer-using-wamp/

If you're on Ubuntu (Linux) 20.04: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-wordpress-on-ubuntu-20-04-with-a-lamp-stack

If you're on Ubuntu 18.04: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-wordpress-with-lamp-on-ubuntu-18-04

If you're on Mac: https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/how-to-install-wordpress-locally-on-mac-using-mamp/

Hi again Tony

I'm sorry, but I don't know what video you're referring to.

If you have WordPress installed locally, you can still use it as a live website. Just make sure to increase the upload limit, so it's bigger than the size of the plugin, and you'd be able to upload the wpdatatables.zip file through the Plugins/Add New section. In the attached article, you can see how you can increase that limit:

Are You Getting “The link you followed has expired” Error in WordPress?

If you want to go through FTP (folders), you simply need to unzip the file into your wp-content/plugins folder.

In the links provided in my previous response, you will see where those folders should be with a default installation. So, FTP for a live server are folders on your local PC.

On Windows, it's most likely in C:/wamp64/www folder. Linux offers more options since it doesn't need a Wamp software installed, and for Mac I'm not sure, to be honest.