Title: Missing plugins in admin panel: Not using subfolder, read directions for plugins
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Missing plugins in admin panel: Not using subfolder, read directions for plugins

 *  [kmadrid](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kmadrid/)
 * (@kmadrid)
 * [12 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/missing-plugins-in-admin-panel-not-using-subfolder-read-directions-for-plugins/)
 * I have installed plugins before and never had an issue, but I am not having an
   issue installing plugins to a site for work (test.americaninstitute.edu). I have
   tried the following:
    – installing the plugins via the admin page … what happens
   is that I cannot activate the plugin. It says “no header,” though when I manually
   check the php file, I do see a header. – installing the plugin via the admin 
   page and then going back to the plugins page to activate — it does not appear(
   though i do see the file in the plugins folder when I check the FTP directory)–
   deleting those files and downloading the plugins, extracting the files on my 
   desktop, checking to see that they aren’t in a nested subfolder, and uploading
   the plugin folders to wp-content/plugins. – finding another plugins folder … 
   the only other one is in the main site (www.americaninstitute.edu) but taking
   plugins out of the subdomain into the main site’s wp-contents/plugin folder did
   not help. – reading various readme files to make sure I’m following the plugin
   creators’ directions. The ones I checked did not require anything out of the 
   ordinary, but still … no shows on the plugins!
 * This seems to happen with every single plug in i try, from a very small plugin
   for popups to the Google Analytics plugin. I’ve searched through the forums for
   the answer, and am coming up dry. Please advise! Thanks!

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 *  Thread Starter [kmadrid](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kmadrid/)
 * (@kmadrid)
 * [12 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/missing-plugins-in-admin-panel-not-using-subfolder-read-directions-for-plugins/#post-4552776)
 * Ack. Clarification on first line: I am “NOW having an issue”, not “NOT having
   an issue.”

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