Title: [Plugin: Onswipe] The plugin does not have a valid header.
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# [Plugin: Onswipe] The plugin does not have a valid header.

 *  [Pat Hawks](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pathawks/)
 * (@pathawks)
 * [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-onswipe-the-plugin-does-not-have-a-valid-header/)
 * When I tried to activate the plugin, I got the error message
 * > The plugin does not have a valid header.

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 *  [shazron](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shazron/)
 * (@shazron)
 * [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-onswipe-the-plugin-does-not-have-a-valid-header/#post-1994679)
 * Also of note: plugin works on PHP 5 systems only. If installing from the WP Plugins
   Directory through your Admin page, it will show an “invalid header” error if 
   you activate the plugin through that process. Activating manually from the Admin-
   >Plugins page works fine. I’m using WP 3.1 self-hosted.
 *  Thread Starter [Pat Hawks](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pathawks/)
 * (@pathawks)
 * [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-onswipe-the-plugin-does-not-have-a-valid-header/#post-1994683)
 * Yes, I was trying to activate the plugin after downloading from the Plugins Directory.
   
   Activating from the Admin->Plugins page worked fine.

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 * Last reply from: [Pat Hawks](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pathawks/)
 * Last activity: [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-onswipe-the-plugin-does-not-have-a-valid-header/#post-1994683)
 * Status: not resolved