Title: A strange error
Last modified: October 4, 2021

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# A strange error

 *  Resolved [faizbangash](https://wordpress.org/support/users/faizbangash/)
 * (@faizbangash)
 * [4 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/a-strange-error-2/)
 * Hi, I’ve been using WooCommerce for quite some time now. So far I have not encountered
   any error. Yesterday when I opened the worpdress dashboard, this error showed
   upfront:
 * _“Your installation of WooCommerce is incomplete. If you installed WooCommerce
   from GitHub, please refer to this document to set up your development environment.”_
 * Everything related to woocommerce has disappeared – products post type, products
   page, & single product page of course. It’s strange because I had installed woocommerce
   from wordpress repository months ago & was working fine until I encountered the
   error yesterday. Your support is highly appreciated.

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 *  [3 Sons Development](https://wordpress.org/support/users/3sonsdevelopment/)
 * (@3sonsdevelopment)
 * [4 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/a-strange-error-2/#post-14952070)
 * Hey [@faizbangash](https://wordpress.org/support/users/faizbangash/),
 * That definitely doesn’t sound right. Typically that’s an error we see when downloading
   directly from GitHub. The plugin won’t be “built” but is set up for development.
 * I would suggest downloading a fresh copy of WooCommerce from here and installing
   it by going to Plugins > Add new in your dashboard.
 * [https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/woocommerce.5.7.1.zip](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/woocommerce.5.7.1.zip)
 * Let us know if you still have trouble after that.
 *  [Mirko P.](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rainfallnixfig/)
 * (@rainfallnixfig)
 * [4 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/a-strange-error-2/#post-14975278)
 * Hi there,
 * We haven’t heard back from you in a while, so I’m going to mark this as resolved–
   we’ll be here if and/or when you are ready to continue.

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 * Last reply from: [Mirko P.](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rainfallnixfig/)
 * Last activity: [4 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/a-strange-error-2/#post-14975278)
 * Status: resolved