Topic: bbPress error · bbPress.org

bbPress error

seattlesurpher
Member

@seattlesurpher

13 years, 11 months 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

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Rich Pedley
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@rich-pedley

13 years, 11 months ago

how did you try to activate if it doesn’t appear in your list of plugins?

Rich Pedley
Member

@rich-pedley

13 years, 11 months ago

how did you try to activate if it doesn’t appear in your list of plugins?

seattlesurpher
Member

@seattlesurpher

13 years, 11 months 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.

seattlesurpher
Member

@seattlesurpher

13 years, 11 months 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.
Rich Pedley
Member

@rich-pedley

13 years, 11 months 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

*/
```
Rich Pedley
Member

@rich-pedley

13 years, 11 months 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

*/
```
christinarule
Member

@christinarule

13 years, 11 months ago

I have the same error…. I dont have bbpress.php

christinarule
Member

@christinarule

13 years, 11 months ago

I have the same error…. I dont have bbpress.php

Rich Pedley
Member

@rich-pedley

13 years, 11 months ago

where did you download the plugin from?

Rich Pedley
Member

@rich-pedley

13 years, 11 months ago

where did you download the plugin from?

agb
Member

@agb

13 years, 11 months 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

agb
Member

@agb

13 years, 11 months 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

John James Jacoby
Keymaster

@johnjamesjacoby

13 years, 11 months 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.

John James Jacoby
Keymaster

@johnjamesjacoby

13 years, 11 months 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.

seattlesurpher
Member

@seattlesurpher

13 years, 11 months 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

seattlesurpher
Member

@seattlesurpher

13 years, 11 months 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

beernut76
Member

@beernut76

13 years, 11 months 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??

beernut76
Member

@beernut76

13 years, 11 months 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??