Title: Error while installing Article Directory Plugin!
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Error while installing Article Directory Plugin!

 *  [Cking](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jalinous/)
 * (@jalinous)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-while-installing-article-directory-plugin/)
 * Hi,
 * I am trying to install Article Directory Redux Plug-in:
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/article-directory-redux/installation/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/article-directory-redux/installation/)
 * I am following the instruction guides at the link above.
 * However, when I do Point 7 “Add the following code in the header.php file before
   the </head> tag:”, I get the following error on my page “CKing Article Directory”.
   My website link is ckingsensors.com
 * Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘<‘ in /home3/cking/public_html/wp-content/
   themes/virtue_vendor_child/header.php on line 3
 * The original header.php file of Virtue Premium theme has only the following two
   lines and I just copy and past the code give in point 7 of the plugin installation
   guide.
 * Here is the content of my header.php before copying and pasting the code in point
   7.
    <?php /* empty */
 * In Point 7, it is mentioned “BEFORE the </head> tag but I don’t see any such 
   tag in the original header.php file of Virtue Premium.
 * Any help would greatly be appreciated.
 * Thanks.

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