# Copied plugins not showing up

**URL:** <https://community.kinsta.com/t/copied-plugins-not-showing-up/136>\
**Category:** Application Support\
**Created:** [January 20, 2021, 6:46am UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/copied-plugins-not-showing-up/136 "2021-01-20T06:46:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![ZagnaH](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.kinsta.com/zagnah/32/182_2.png) [@ZagnaH](https://community.kinsta.com/u/ZagnaH)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2021, 6:46am UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/copied-plugins-not-showing-up/136/1 "2021-01-20T06:46:07Z")

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**Q: DevKinsta Version**  
**A:** 1.0.1

**Q: OS Version**  
**A:** MacOS Big Sur 11.1

**Q: Docker Desktop Version**  
**A:** 3.1.0

**Q: Were any error codes or messages observed? If so, what were they?**  
**A:** No

**Q: Detailed Description of the Problem**  
**A:** Copying plugins doesn’t work immediately.  
If I create a new site, and copy plugins over from a directory, none of them appear in the Installed plugins list.  
If I go to Add new page, search for the copied plugin, the button for it will be Activate but when I press it, I get an error.

> The plugin does not have a valid header.

If I install any plugin from Add new or update an existing one, all the previously copied plugins appear and I can activate them.

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**Author:** ![ZagnaH](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.kinsta.com/zagnah/32/182_2.png) [@ZagnaH](https://community.kinsta.com/u/ZagnaH)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2021, 1:33pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/copied-plugins-not-showing-up/136/2 "2021-01-20T13:33:44Z")

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My coworker was unable to replicate this on his computer.

Plugins appeared immediately in the listing so this is oddity on my setup it seems.

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**Author:** ![michael](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.kinsta.com/michael/32/31_2.png) [@michael](https://community.kinsta.com/u/michael)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2021, 5:23pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/copied-plugins-not-showing-up/136/3 "2021-01-20T17:23:32Z")

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Hi there. I haven’t been able to reproduce this either. Is there a specific set of plugins perhaps? Do you have any custom configurations with your site or is this a brand new site?

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**Author:** ![ZagnaH](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.kinsta.com/zagnah/32/182_2.png) [@ZagnaH](https://community.kinsta.com/u/ZagnaH)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2021, 7:49am UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/copied-plugins-not-showing-up/136/4 "2021-01-22T07:49:18Z")

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It was when creating a brand new site. Any plugin did it.

I tried uninstalling Docker and even resetting it.  
I tried renaming the Application Support/devKinsta folder.  
I tried reinstalling DevKinsta but none of those helped.

Then I just removed the /Users/jarno/devKinsta folder and that fixed it completely.

Something from when I tried the Alpha conflicted with that folder itself.  
Now it is working just as it should.

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**Author:** ![michael](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.kinsta.com/michael/32/31_2.png) [@michael](https://community.kinsta.com/u/michael)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2021, 5:45pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/copied-plugins-not-showing-up/136/5 "2021-03-03T17:45:12Z")

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