---
title: "Installing GravityView"
date: 2026-04-23
updated: 2026-10-06
author: "GravityKit"
link: "https://www.gravitykit.com/docs/gravityview/view-setup/installing-gravityview/"
category: "GravityView > View Setup"
---

This article will walk you through how to install the GravityView plugin.

### Prefer to watch the video?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYOMobhb19E 

### 1. Download the Latest Version of GravityView

Log in to your [GravityKit Account](https://www.gravitykit.com/account/), and click on the "[Downloads](https://www.gravitykit.com/account/#your-downloads)" tab. Next to GravityView, click the "Download Plugin" button. The GravityView plugin will now download to your computer as a ZIP file.

![Downloads tab for GravityView plugin installation, with download button for version 2.17.2](https://www.gravitykit.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/file-G7dubgrU5p.png)

### 2. Install GravityView on your WordPress website

!["Upload Plugin button highlighted in WordPress 'Add Plugins' page interface."](https://www.gravitykit.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/file-WjWZ6NJA69.png)
*Now, click "Choose File" and select the GravityView plugin ZIP file that you downloaded in the previous step*![Upload screen for a .zip plugin with "Choose file" and "Install Now" buttons](https://www.gravitykit.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/file-JuWDsipgEO.png)
*Finally, click "Install Now". After the plugin has finished installing, activate it by clicking "Activate Plugin"*
You will now see the GravityView "Getting Started" screen with information on configuring your first View.

![GravityView 2.17.1 welcome screen with sidebar menu and tutorial video link](https://www.gravitykit.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/file-8orpXmqtjm-scaled.png)
*Before you start creating new Views, you should first activate your license*

### 3. Activate your GravityView license

After activating the GravityView plugin, go to **GravityKit**, then **Manage Your Kit**.

![GravityKit menu in the WordPress admin sidebar with Manage Your Kit highlighted](https://www.gravitykit.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/gravitykit-menu-manage-your-kit-v2.png)
Click **Connect GravityKit Account** and choose your GravityView license on gravitykit.com. This is the way we recommend, and[Connect your GravityKit account](https://www.gravitykit.com/docs/general-help/licensing/managing-your-licenses/#connect-your-gravitykit-account) walks through it. To use your license key instead, click **Enter a license key manually**, paste the key from the Licenses page of your [GravityKit account](https://www.gravitykit.com/account/), and click **Activate License**.

![Manage Your Kit with no license yet, with the Connect GravityKit Account button and the Enter a license key manually field](https://www.gravitykit.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/gravitykit-no-licenses-enter-key.png)
The license then appears in the **Licenses** table with the status **Active**. If it doesn't, [contact our support team](https://www.gravitykit.com/support/)
With the license active, the site receives GravityView updates.

If you ever have questions about the plugin, you can click on the blue circle with a question mark in the middle at the bottom of each GravityView page (we call that the "Support Port").

From there, you can also search our how-to articles and send support requests - all without leaving your website.

![A blue circle with a question mark inside](https://www.gravitykit.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/now-gravityview-has-been-activated-you-will-receive-automatic-updates.png?1479253159)