Title: Plugin not installing – errors out during Activation Last modified: August 21, 2016 --- # Plugin not installing – errors out during Activation * Resolved [Tony New / TxCowboyDancer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/txcowboydancer/) * (@txcowboydancer) * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-not-installing-errors-out-during-activation/) * I’ve tried to install and activate the plugin a number of times. * It appears to install correctly but when I click “activate” I get this message: * “The plugin does not have a valid header.” * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/pods/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/pods/) Viewing 10 replies - 1 through 10 (of 10 total) * Plugin Author [Scott Kingsley Clark](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sc0ttkclark/) * (@sc0ttkclark) * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-not-installing-errors-out-during-activation/#post-4817204) * Someone else recently said that too, was this when network activating on Multisite? Or on the main activate plugins screen? * Thread Starter [Tony New / TxCowboyDancer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/txcowboydancer/) * (@txcowboydancer) * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-not-installing-errors-out-during-activation/#post-4817300) * I don’t *think* I have Multisite active. I do have two different websites, both with WordPress installed. I vaguely remember being asked if I wanted separate installations for each site, but I’m not 100% sure what I answered. Is there a way I can tell? I have to log into each separately and each as it’s own Admin/ Control panel for WP. * Here are the steps that produced the error: * On the WP Admin page: * 1. Click on Plugins from the side bar 2. Click on “Add New” 3. Type “pods” in the search box and click search 4. Click “install Now 5. Click Ok * Here is the info on the next screen: * _Installing Plugin: Pods – Custom Content Types and Fields 2.4_ * Downloading install package from [https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/pods.2.4.zip…](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/pods.2.4.zip…) * Unpacking the package… * Installing the plugin… * Successfully installed the plugin Pods – Custom Content Types and Fields 2.4. * 6. Click on “Activate Plugin” * When I do that the screen jumps to a new page and this is the message: * “The plugin does not have a valid header.” * Thread Starter [Tony New / TxCowboyDancer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/txcowboydancer/) * (@txcowboydancer) * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-not-installing-errors-out-during-activation/#post-4817301) * P.S. I looked at your profile. We are neighbors. I live right on the Katy Trail between Uptown and Oaklawn. 🙂 * HOWDY! * Plugin Author [Scott Kingsley Clark](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sc0ttkclark/) * (@sc0ttkclark) * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-not-installing-errors-out-during-activation/#post-4817302) * Does it work if you activate the version that you can download here? * [http://pods.io/latest/](http://pods.io/latest/) * Plugin Author [Scott Kingsley Clark](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sc0ttkclark/) * (@sc0ttkclark) * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-not-installing-errors-out-during-activation/#post-4817303) * Well hello! * Thread Starter [Tony New / TxCowboyDancer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/txcowboydancer/) * (@txcowboydancer) * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-not-installing-errors-out-during-activation/#post-4817304) * Additional Info: I am running WordPress 3.9 running Tempera theme and my hosting company is Bluehost. I don’t know if it is relevant info or not but it may help you troubleshoot. * I also tried downloading the zip file from the Plugin website to my desktop and used the Upload option and tried to install it that way. * Same result: it produced the error message: “The plugin does not have a valid header.” * Thread Starter [Tony New / TxCowboyDancer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/txcowboydancer/) * (@txcowboydancer) * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-not-installing-errors-out-during-activation/#post-4817305) * P.P.S. I did the obvious stuff too, like clear out my cache, trying it in a different browser, rebooting my computer: same result. * Plugin Author [Scott Kingsley Clark](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sc0ttkclark/) * (@sc0ttkclark) * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-not-installing-errors-out-during-activation/#post-4817306) * Did it work when downloading from [http://pods.io/latest/](http://pods.io/latest/) for you? * Thread Starter [Tony New / TxCowboyDancer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/txcowboydancer/) * (@txcowboydancer) * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-not-installing-errors-out-during-activation/#post-4817308) * Nope. downloading it didn’t work either. * However…. * SOLVED… Don’t know if I did it or one of you guys did it. * I re-installed WP 3.9. * Then tried activating the Pods Plugin. * Tah-DAH! Who da man? WHO dah dude? Woot! * Plugin Contributor [pglewis](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pglewis/) * (@pglewis) * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-not-installing-errors-out-during-activation/#post-4817340) * [https://github.com/pods-framework/pods/issues/2129](https://github.com/pods-framework/pods/issues/2129) Viewing 10 replies - 1 through 10 (of 10 total) The topic ‘Plugin not installing – errors out during Activation’ is closed to new replies. * ![](https://ps.w.org/pods/assets/icon.svg?rev=3286397) * [Pods - Custom Content Types and Fields](https://wordpress.org/plugins/pods/) * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/pods/#faq) * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/pods/) * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/pods/active/) * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/pods/unresolved/) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/pods/reviews/) ## Tags * [installation error](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/installation-error/) * 10 replies * 3 participants * Last reply from: [pglewis](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pglewis/) * Last activity: [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-not-installing-errors-out-during-activation/#post-4817340) * Status: resolved