Title: Plugin is hidden
Last modified: February 4, 2022

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# Plugin is hidden

 *  Resolved [fudge06](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fudge06/)
 * (@fudge06)
 * [4 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-is-hidden/)
 * Hi,
 * The plugin was working well the last time I checked it on 28/01/2022. I was updating
   things today (04/02/2022) and when I visit the news page, it only shows the shortcode.
   I thought I might have uninstalled it by accident so I tried to install it again
   but it says ‘Installation failed: Destination folder already exists’. The plugin
   is not shown in the Installed Plugins section. Do you know what I did wrong?
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fplugin-is-hidden%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Plugin Author [pluginandplay](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pluginandplay/)
 * (@pluginandplay)
 * [4 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-is-hidden/#post-15333664)
 * Hi [@fudge06](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fudge06/)
 * Thanks for your detailed response.
 * It looks like that while updating the stuff plugin is not updated properly and
   folder remains there.
 * Sometime what happen, while updating the plugin WordPress is unable to remove
   the old plugin directory but folder sub directory will be deleted. This generally
   happens when directory is opened or being it used.
 * No Issue, Simply login to your server File manager, delete the plugin folder 
   and add a new fresh copy of plugin from WP Org. It will start working again without
   any data loss.
 *  Plugin Author [pluginandplay](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pluginandplay/)
 * (@pluginandplay)
 * [4 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-is-hidden/#post-15358164)
 * Hi [@fudge06](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fudge06/)
 * Any update? does it worked for you?
 *  Thread Starter [fudge06](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fudge06/)
 * (@fudge06)
 * [4 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-is-hidden/#post-15362018)
 * Hi [@pluginandplay](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pluginandplay/)
 * Sorry for the late response and yes, it works perfectly now after I followed 
   your advice.
 * Thank you for your help.

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 * Last reply from: [fudge06](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fudge06/)
 * Last activity: [4 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-is-hidden/#post-15362018)
 * Status: resolved