Title: Plugin failed to install
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Plugin failed to install

 *  Resolved [110db](https://wordpress.org/support/users/110db/)
 * (@110db)
 * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-failed-to-install-1/)
 * I have tried to install Contact Form 7 and get the following message
 * **Warning:** Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /home/mydirectory/public_html/
   wp-admin/includes/class-wp-upgrader.php on line 558
 * The package could not be installed. No valid plugins were found.
 * Plugin install failed.
 * I have installed Flamingo & Really Simple CAPTCHA.
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/contact-form-7/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/contact-form-7/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Takayuki Miyoshi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/takayukister/)
 * (@takayukister)
 * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-failed-to-install-1/#post-3798537)
 * How did you try installing it?
 *  Thread Starter [110db](https://wordpress.org/support/users/110db/)
 * (@110db)
 * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-failed-to-install-1/#post-3798547)
 * By using the WordPress upload an install new plugin
 *  Thread Starter [110db](https://wordpress.org/support/users/110db/)
 * (@110db)
 * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-failed-to-install-1/#post-3798548)
 * Dooh – fixed now read that you need to upload folder rather than let wordpress
   do the install
 * Thanx
 *  Plugin Author [Takayuki Miyoshi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/takayukister/)
 * (@takayukister)
 * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-failed-to-install-1/#post-3798552)
 * Why not use [automatic plugin installation](http://codex.wordpress.org/Managing_Plugins#Automatic_Plugin_Installation)?

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 * ![](https://ps.w.org/contact-form-7/assets/icon.svg?rev=2339255)
 * [Contact Form 7](https://wordpress.org/plugins/contact-form-7/)
 * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/contact-form-7/#faq)
 * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/contact-form-7/)
 * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/contact-form-7/active/)
 * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/contact-form-7/unresolved/)
 * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/contact-form-7/reviews/)

 * 4 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [Takayuki Miyoshi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/takayukister/)
 * Last activity: [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-failed-to-install-1/#post-3798552)
 * Status: resolved