Title: Plugin Installation Failed
Last modified: December 22, 2018

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# Plugin Installation Failed

 *  Resolved [daniela1107](https://wordpress.org/support/users/daniela1107/)
 * (@daniela1107)
 * [7 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-installation-failed-20/)
 * “Installing Plugin: Elementor
    **The plugin does not have a valid header.** Downloading
   installation package from [https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/elementor.2.3.8.zip…](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/elementor.2.3.8.zip…)
 * Unpacking the package…
 * Installing the plugin…
 * Destination folder already exists. /var/www/wptbox/wp-content/plugins/elementor/
 * Plugin installation failed.”
 * I am trying to create a webpage and the theme I chose suggests Elementor as a
   plugin; however, it keeps “failing” even when I try the other route of downloading
   directly from ELementor’s site and then uploading to WordPress plugins for my
   site. Is there something I’m missing?

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 *  [LesTexas60](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lestexas60/)
 * (@lestexas60)
 * [7 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-installation-failed-20/#post-11024366)
 * It looks like you have loaded Elementor before, otherwise the directory would
   not be there. Deactivate and remove Elementor and try another install. If you
   only deactivate Elementor, you will not be able to load it again.

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 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [LesTexas60](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lestexas60/)
 * Last activity: [7 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-installation-failed-20/#post-11024366)
 * Status: resolved