Title: Error Uploading: Plugin does not recognize ZIP file
Last modified: March 10, 2019

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# Error Uploading: Plugin does not recognize ZIP file

 *  Resolved [Frank Spade](https://wordpress.org/support/users/spade/)
 * (@spade)
 * [7 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-uploading-plugin-does-not-recognize-zip-file-2/)
 * What can I do about this Message: Upload error (code -200): HTTP Error. (Make
   sure that you were trying to upload a zip file
 * Its a 4 MB true zip file.

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 *  Plugin Author [David Anderson / Team Updraft](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davidanderson/)
 * (@davidanderson)
 * [7 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-uploading-plugin-does-not-recognize-zip-file-2/#post-11297746)
 * Hi,
 * The likely cause of this error is that PHP on your webserver has no permission
   to write to the system temporary directory. Probably the same cause is the reason
   you’re looking into this plugin too, if you can’t upload in the normal way (the
   same fault will prevent both from working). The best thing to do is speak to 
   your web hosting company so that it can be resolved.
 * David
 *  Thread Starter [Frank Spade](https://wordpress.org/support/users/spade/)
 * (@spade)
 * [7 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-uploading-plugin-does-not-recognize-zip-file-2/#post-11297781)
 * Thank you David,
    that’s a good idea, but its not true. I can upload smaller 
   plugins with no problem. Any other idea?
 *  [2linctools](https://wordpress.org/support/users/2linctools/)
 * (@2linctools)
 * [7 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-uploading-plugin-does-not-recognize-zip-file-2/#post-11300533)
 * Hi David,
 * Installed the app, trying to upload the divibuilder. When I select the zip file,
   it gets to 5.8M and then stops and shows an error on page in a box that says “
   please select a file”.
 * Thanks.
 *  Plugin Author [David Anderson / Team Updraft](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davidanderson/)
 * (@davidanderson)
 * [7 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-uploading-plugin-does-not-recognize-zip-file-2/#post-11300574)
 * [@spade](https://wordpress.org/support/users/spade/) If the plugin is under one
   chunk size, then the temporary space is not used. So it’s still likely to be 
   that.
 * [@2linctools](https://wordpress.org/support/users/2linctools/) As per the wordpress.
   org forum guidelines, please open your own topic so that [@spade](https://wordpress.org/support/users/spade/)
   doesn’t receive responses to someone else’s problem.
 * David
 *  Thread Starter [Frank Spade](https://wordpress.org/support/users/spade/)
 * (@spade)
 * [7 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-uploading-plugin-does-not-recognize-zip-file-2/#post-11376086)
 * Okay, thanks David.

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 * [zip](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/zip/)

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 * Last reply from: [Frank Spade](https://wordpress.org/support/users/spade/)
 * Last activity: [7 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-uploading-plugin-does-not-recognize-zip-file-2/#post-11376086)
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