Title: Warnings when downloading plugin
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# Warnings when downloading plugin

 *  [sstilerman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sstilerman/)
 * (@sstilerman)
 * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/warnings-when-downloading-plugin/)
 * Looking forward to using your plugin!
 * I got a few “Warning” Messages when I downloaded it and it caused some strange
   behavior in the heading of our website.
 * Please advise!
 * Thank you.
    Shlomo
 * Here are the warnings:
    Warning: session_start(): open(/home/35998/data/tmp/sess_c38cb902c3292cd3434615fbff06189e,
   O_RDWR) failed: No such file or directory (2) in /home/elementalone7777/public_html/
   wp-content/plugins/give/includes/class-give-session.php on line 284
 * Warning: session_start(): Cannot send session cache limiter – headers already
   sent (output started at /home/elementalone7777/public_html/wp-content/plugins/
   give/includes/class-give-session.php:284) in /home/elementalone7777/public_html/
   wp-content/plugins/give/includes/class-give-session.php on line 284
 * Warning: Cannot modify header information – headers already sent by (output started
   at /home/elementalone7777/public_html/wp-content/plugins/give/includes/class-
   give-session.php:284) in /home/elementalone7777/public_html/wp-content/plugins/
   give/includes/class-give-session.php on line 285
 * Warning: Cannot modify header information – headers already sent by (output started
   at /home/elementalone7777/public_html/wp-content/plugins/give/includes/class-
   give-session.php:284) in /home/elementalone7777/public_html/wp-content/plugins/
   give/includes/class-give-session.php on line 286
 * Warning: Cannot modify header information – headers already sent by (output started
   at /home/elementalone7777/public_html/wp-content/plugins/give/includes/class-
   give-session.php:284) in /home/elementalone7777/public_html/wp-includes/pluggable.
   php on line 1178
 * Warning: Unknown: open(/home/35998/data/tmp/sess_c38cb902c3292cd3434615fbff06189e,
   O_RDWR) failed: No such file or directory (2) in Unknown on line 0
 * Warning: Unknown: Failed to write session data (files). Please verify that the
   current setting of session.save_path is correct (/home/35998/data/tmp) in Unknown
   on line 0
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 *  Plugin Contributor [Matt Cromwell](https://wordpress.org/support/users/webdevmattcrom/)
 * (@webdevmattcrom)
 * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/warnings-when-downloading-plugin/#post-6648788)
 * It looks like the plugin didn’t complete the installation correctly. That happens
   sometimes with plugins on the repo. I’d recommend logging into your site via 
   FTP and delete the whole Give folder found in `wp-content/plugins/give` and then
   try the install again. If you have trouble again, download the plugin from here
   and upload it as a ZIP file instead.
 * Let me know how that goes. Thanks!
 *  Thread Starter [sstilerman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sstilerman/)
 * (@sstilerman)
 * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/warnings-when-downloading-plugin/#post-6648828)
 * Tried both your suggestions…no luck;(
 * any other ideas??
 * Tx!
 *  Plugin Contributor [Matt Cromwell](https://wordpress.org/support/users/webdevmattcrom/)
 * (@webdevmattcrom)
 * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/warnings-when-downloading-plugin/#post-6648953)
 * The other thing this looks related to is PHP Sessions. I would contact your host
   to see if PHP Sessions is enabled for your site. If it is not, ask them if they
   can enable it. If they will not, then try adding this to your wp-config.php file:
 * `define( 'GIVE_USE_PHP_SESSIONS' , false);`
 * While you’re in your wp-config.php file, also check and make sure `WP_DEBUG` 
   and `SCRIPT_DEBUG` are set to false.
 * Let me know how that goes.

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 * 3 replies
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 * Last reply from: [Matt Cromwell](https://wordpress.org/support/users/webdevmattcrom/)
 * Last activity: [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/warnings-when-downloading-plugin/#post-6648953)
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