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• Started 1 year ago by seattlesurpher
• Latest reply from beernut76
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bbPress error

1. • 
   • seattlesurpher
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   • Posted 1 year ago #

   Hi,

   I'm a first time user of bbPress and I downloaded the plug-in and installed through the WordPress platform. Anyway - when I try to activate the plug-in I get this error:

   The plugin does not have a valid header.

   And it doesn't show up in my plug-in list on my Dashboard. Can you help me understand if I'm doing something wrong or need some other plug-in's to accompany the bbPress to use it properly and have it install correctly? By the way - the plug-in does show that it's installed on the server in the WP-Content folder under plug-in's but it still doesn't show up on the Dashboard under the list of plug-in's for whatever reason.

   Thanks,
   -Josh
2. • 
   • Rich Pedley
   • Member

   • Posted 1 year ago #

   how did you try to activate if it doesn't appear in your list of plugins?
3. • 
   • seattlesurpher
   • Member

   • Posted 1 year ago #

   After the installation screen to upload the plugin, there's a screen that gives you a report of the installation and there's a link below the report that says activate plug-in. When I click that I get that error message. Maybe it's not compatible with the Theme Atahualpa 3.4.9? It's really confusing.
4. • 
   • Rich Pedley
   • Member

   • Posted 1 year ago #

   open up plugins/bbpress/bbpress.php do you see:
   

   /**
    * Plugin Name: bbPress
    * Plugin URI: http://bbpress.org
    * Description: bbPress is forum software with a twist from the creators of WordPress.
    * Author: The bbPress Community
    * Author URI: http://bbpress.org
    * Version: plugin-bleeding
    */
5. • 
   • christinarule
   • Member

   • Posted 1 year ago #

   I have the same error.... I dont have bbpress.php
6. • 
   • Rich Pedley
   • Member

   • Posted 1 year ago #

   where did you download the plugin from?
7. • 
   • agb
   • Member

   • Posted 1 year ago #

   I have the same error.... and also I dont have bbpress.php file. I downloaded it from this page today, about 1 hour ago
8. • 
   • John James Jacoby
   • Key Master

   • Posted 1 year ago #

   Sounds to me like you both downloaded the stand-alone version of bbPress and put it in your plugins directory.

   bbPress currently is not a plugin, bit there is a version in development that is. The version of bbPress that you get by clicking "Download" in the upper right hand corner of this site is not a plugin for WordPress.
9. • 
   • seattlesurpher
   • Member

   • Posted 1 year ago #

   John,

   Your assessment sounds spot on. There is no bbPress.php file in that Stand-alone version I downloaded off the main page.

   What is the link to the forum plugin that may be used for WordPress? Is there one available?

   Thanks much,
   Josh
10. • 
    • beernut76
    • Member

    • Posted 1 year ago #

    I uploaded the branches_plugin-2709 and received the same error message when I attempted to activate the plugin. What am I doing wrong??

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