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

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# does not have a valid header error

 *  Resolved [Mattman0444](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mattman0444/)
 * (@mattman0444)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-not-have-a-valid-header-error/)
 * After this last update, i get this error when i visit my plugins page.
 * “The plugin better-search/better-search.php has been deactivated due to an error:
   The plugin does not have a valid header.”
 * I reinstalled the plugin yesterday and it installs fine and i can activate it,
   but this morning it again showed me the error again and deactivates it.
 * Its affecting 2 separate sites that use this plugin. They are on different hosts/
   servers. Am I the only one?
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/better-search/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/better-search/)

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 *  Thread Starter [Mattman0444](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mattman0444/)
 * (@mattman0444)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-not-have-a-valid-header-error/#post-5123512)
 * maybe it was back to back wonky installs. Seems to be fine now.
 *  Plugin Author [Ajay](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ajay/)
 * (@ajay)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-not-have-a-valid-header-error/#post-5123529)
 * Thanks for the update. I hadn’t seen such an error till date 🙂

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 * Last reply from: [Ajay](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ajay/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-not-have-a-valid-header-error/#post-5123529)
 * Status: resolved