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Plugin file contains an unrecognized file: queries_root/com.myplugin.queries.xml

kyleholder — Thu, 10 Apr 2025 11:34:06 GMT

I've had several plugins running since 2014.

Today - when I am trying to install a new plugin, I get the following error:

Plugin file contains an unrecognized file: queries_root/com.myplugin.queries.xml

I've never seen this before. I've tried a different naming convention for the file. - Didn't work.

So, I start wondering if it is the XML itself. Pared it back to the bare minimum.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?> <queries> <query coreTable="storedgrades" name="myquery.gpa.get" flattened="true"> <columns> <column column="last_name">last_name</column> </columns> <sql> <![CDATA[ select distinct last_name from students ]]> </sql> </query> </queries>

Didn't work.

Plugin.xml is normal.

Any suggestions?

Thanks

Re: Plugin file contains an unrecognized file: queries_root/com.myplugin.queries.xml

alex_felleson — Mon, 15 Sep 2025 16:22:42 GMT

(Old post, but hopefully this will help people searching the same issue.)

Your zip file may be nested in a way PowerSchool isn't expecting.

Your plugin should have this structure:
├ plugin.xml
├ queries_root (folder)
| ├ some.file.xml

In your file explorer, collapse the queries_root folder so you can't see its contents. Then select both plugin.xml and queries_root and compress them into a zip file.

Do *not* put plugin.xml and queries_root into a folder and then compress that folder. That was the mistake I was making when I got this error.

Hope this helps!

Re: Plugin file contains an unrecognized file: queries_root/com.myplugin.queries.xml

Leon_Leybs — Thu, 06 Nov 2025 16:07:39 GMT

I'm getting the same error and my ZIP file is set up correctly...

ZIP file containing:

- plugin.xml

- queries_root folder

- query.file.xml

The query.file.xml file is properly formatted, as far as I can tell.

RESOLVED:

What I did was I took a plugin that I know for sure worked and modified the XML files accordingly. I was ale to install the plugin using this method. Still no idea why it did not like the files I created, since they were identical to what I ended up using. But as long as it worked, I'm happy.