If WordPress shows “No valid plugins were found” when you upload a resource, it means the outer .zip went up directly. The fix is simple: unzip the bundle first, then install the plugin file you find inside it.
Quick fix: unzip the downloaded .zip on your computer, then upload the plugin .zip located inside it.
What “No valid plugins were found” means
The full message — “The package could not be installed. No valid plugins were found.” — appears because many resources are bundles. The .zip you download holds the core plugin plus its add-ons (or an activator) and the documentation, so WordPress can’t read that outer wrapper as a single plugin.
Install the resource the right way
- Unzip the downloaded
.zipon your computer. - Inside you’ll find the actual plugin or theme files — often several
.zipfiles plus the documentation. - Install the core plugin first, then the add-on or activator.
- Activate them in that order.
Good to know
- Some products need both the free core and the pro plugin installed for the resource to work.
- Theme add-ons must be installed as plugins, not as themes — see “install a Pro add-on as a plugin”.