Title: "Plugin does not have a valid header"
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# "Plugin does not have a valid header"

 *  Resolved [maxwelton](https://wordpress.org/support/users/maxwelton/)
 * (@maxwelton)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-does-not-have-a-valid-header-9/)
 * Howdy, this seems a fantastic plugin, exactly what I was looking for (if a bit
   intimidating in the dropdown for non-technical users…who shouldn’t really be 
   in there anyway).
 * Upon install, if you choose to activate from that screen, you get a WP dead screen
   with “plugin does not have a valid header” message. If you activate it from the
   plugins main page after installation, all is well.
 * I believe it may have something to do with the whitespace between the comment
   blocks in the plugin’s main file–I think there should not be a blank line between
   comment blocks. But that’s just a guess for the moment.
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/bootstrap-3-shortcodes/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/bootstrap-3-shortcodes/)

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 *  Plugin Author [MWDelaney](https://wordpress.org/support/users/foolsrun/)
 * (@foolsrun)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-does-not-have-a-valid-header-9/#post-5086817)
 * Thank you for this report! You’ve added a task to my testing list!
 * I’ll tag a new release with the fix either later tonight or tomorrow morning.
   Sorry for the inconvenience!
 *  Plugin Author [MWDelaney](https://wordpress.org/support/users/foolsrun/)
 * (@foolsrun)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-does-not-have-a-valid-header-9/#post-5086833)
 * Alright. Version 3.2.1 should resolve this issue!

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 * Last reply from: [MWDelaney](https://wordpress.org/support/users/foolsrun/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-does-not-have-a-valid-header-9/#post-5086833)
 * Status: resolved