Title: Plugin won't install – invalid header
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# Plugin won't install – invalid header

 *  [Mike Selander](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mikeselander/)
 * (@mikeselander)
 * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wont-install-invalid-header/)
 * Hi there, I can’t get the plugin to install either via upload or through the 
   backend install because “The plugin does not have a valid header.”.
 * If you take out the following lines 2-7 of gravityforms-update-post.php the plugin
   installs perfectly:
 *  * [@link](https://wordpress.org/support/users/link/) [https://github.com/jupitercow/gravity-forms-post-updates](https://github.com/jupitercow/gravity-forms-post-updates)
   *
   [@since](https://wordpress.org/support/users/since/) 1.2.18 * [@package](https://wordpress.org/support/users/package/)
   gform_update_post * * [@wordpress-plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wordpress-plugin/)
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/gravity-forms-post-updates/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/gravity-forms-post-updates/)

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 * Last reply from: [Mike Selander](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mikeselander/)
 * Last activity: [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wont-install-invalid-header/)
 * Status: not resolved