Title: Invalid plugin header
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Invalid plugin header

 *  Resolved [brettbum](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brettbum/)
 * (@brettbum)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/invalid-plugin-header-3/)
 * Tried to install it twice and both times, got the message
 * > The plugin does not have a valid header.
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-csv/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-csv/)

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 *  Thread Starter [brettbum](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brettbum/)
 * (@brettbum)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/invalid-plugin-header-3/#post-5847930)
 * Note, this may be related. When I go to delete the plugin, (both times)
 * I then see the message in wordpress
 * >  You are about to remove the following plugins:
   > WP CSV by CPK Web Solutions
   >  WP CSV by CPK Web Solutions Are you sure you wish
   > to delete these files?
 * Its sort of like maybe there are two plugin headers files in there somewhere?(
   haven’t seen this error before with other plugins, dunno)
 *  Plugin Author [CPK Web Solutions](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cpkwebsolutions/)
 * (@cpkwebsolutions)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/invalid-plugin-header-3/#post-5848068)
 * Hi Brett
 * I think this may have something to do with the way I initially released 1.7.0.
 * I’ve incremented the version number to 1.7.1. Hope that helps. I also found that
   if I completely removed all copies of the plugin from the plugins folder (by 
   FTP), it seemed to install ok for me again.
 * Best wishes
 * Paul
 *  Thread Starter [brettbum](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brettbum/)
 * (@brettbum)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/invalid-plugin-header-3/#post-5848069)
 * Thanks, I’ll give it a try!
 *  Thread Starter [brettbum](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brettbum/)
 * (@brettbum)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/invalid-plugin-header-3/#post-5848071)
 * Yep, whatever you changed did the trick!

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 * Last reply from: [brettbum](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brettbum/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/invalid-plugin-header-3/#post-5848071)
 * Status: resolved