Title: Invalid Header issue
Last modified: October 7, 2016

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# Invalid Header issue

 *  Resolved [krlgroupfl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/krlgroupfl/)
 * (@krlgroupfl)
 * [9 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/invalid-header-issue/)
 * Hi All,
 * I had Pretty Link Lite running a while back, but apparently it went down. It 
   is not listed in my installed plugins (active or inactive). When I go to Add 
   New, it just says activate. Then it says:
 * The plugin does not have a valid header.
 * I searched, but found a ton of info that didn’t seem to help. I’m hoping someone
   can point me in the right direction. All of the plugin files are still on my 
   Cpanel.
 * If I have to delete all of those and just reinstall from scratch, is there a 
   way to keep the links on file, so I don’t have to build them all again? Thanks!

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 *  Plugin Author [cartpauj](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cartpauj/)
 * (@cartpauj)
 * [9 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/invalid-header-issue/#post-8272262)
 * I’m not sure what to say at this point, we’ll probably need more information.
   Shoot me (Paul) an email from this form so we can get more details on this: [https://prettylinkpro.com/contact/](https://prettylinkpro.com/contact/)
    -  This reply was modified 9 years, 5 months ago by [cartpauj](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cartpauj/).
 *  [Cindy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cindyjw/)
 * (@cindyjw)
 * [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/invalid-header-issue/#post-8605089)
 * I’m having the same problem. Pretty Link doesn’t show up in my plugins, but when
   I go to install it, it shows to activate it. When I click on Activate, I get 
   this message: The plugin does not have a valid header.
 * I tried renaming my original pretty-link folder and installing the newest version
   of Pretty Link Lite, but when I activate it, I still get the header error message.
 * My guess is that it stopped working when wordpress updated to 4.7. Please help!
   I need my links!
 * Thanks!
 *  Plugin Author [cartpauj](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cartpauj/)
 * (@cartpauj)
 * [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/invalid-header-issue/#post-8610446)
 * Cindy, can you reach out at the above URL also?

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 * [plugin error](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/plugin-error/)

 * 3 replies
 * 3 participants
 * Last reply from: [cartpauj](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cartpauj/)
 * Last activity: [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/invalid-header-issue/#post-8610446)
 * Status: resolved