How to use
Once Pligg is installed, it's very simple to use. Before you start posting news, you need to create groups. To create a group, just go to group option on the main menu and then on create a menu. Provide a name for the group and write a description. You would also need to specify group privacy setting i.e public, private or restricted. Next, you need to specify the number of votes required to publish a story. You can also provide email addresses of your friends, whom you would like to invite to this group.

Through Pligg admin interface, you can perform actions such as user mangement, news management, back-up, etc.	In Pligg, you can also configure ratings for the comments posted by the visitors visiting your site.

To post a news, an user needs to register first. Pligg by default comes with re-captcha. Once an user is registered, he can modify his profile. Now if you want to post a news which is already published on some other website, go to 'SUBMIT A NEW STORY' link on the main menu. Provide the URL of the site the story is already published in, write the story title, tags, your own description about the story and specify a category and also the group for the story. Your story will be visible under 'UPCOMING NEWS' menu.

Admin interface
From the admin interface, you can perform tasks like user management, news management, backup etc. To add new modules to your Pligg site, go to modules option at the top of the menu. In the module management page, just click on 'Install'. In admin interface, you can also modify the captcha to be used, by default it supports reCaptcha, WhiteHat Method and Math Question. However, you need to just enable them. From admin interface, you can also change templates and modify SEO settings of Pligg.