diff --git a/qgis-app/plugins/tests/test_validator.py b/qgis-app/plugins/tests/test_validator.py
index 62414a9a..7a0e7e4e 100644
--- a/qgis-app/plugins/tests/test_validator.py
+++ b/qgis-app/plugins/tests/test_validator.py
@@ -233,4 +233,50 @@ def test_plugin_without_license(self):
                     charset="utf8",
                 )
             )
-        )
\ No newline at end of file
+        )
+
+class TestMultipleParentFoldersValidator(TestCase):
+    """Test if zipfile contains multiple parent folders """    
+
+    def setUp(self) -> None:
+        multi_parents_plugin = os.path.join(TESTFILE_DIR, "multi_parents_plugin.zip_")
+        self.multi_parents_plugin_package = open(multi_parents_plugin, "rb")
+        valid_plugin = os.path.join(TESTFILE_DIR, "valid_plugin.zip_")
+        self.single_parent_plugin_package = open(valid_plugin, "rb")
+
+    def tearDown(self):
+        self.multi_parents_plugin_package.close()
+        self.single_parent_plugin_package.close()
+
+    def _get_value_by_attribute(self, attribute, data):
+        for key, value in data:
+            if key == attribute:
+                return value
+        return None
+    def test_plugin_with_multiple_parents(self):
+        result =  validator(
+            InMemoryUploadedFile(
+                self.multi_parents_plugin_package,
+                field_name="tempfile",
+                name="testfile.zip",
+                content_type="application/zip",
+                size=39889,
+                charset="utf8",
+            )
+        )
+        multiple_parent_folders = self._get_value_by_attribute('multiple_parent_folders', result)
+        self.assertIsNotNone(multiple_parent_folders)
+
+    def test_plugin_with_single_parent(self):
+        result =  validator(
+            InMemoryUploadedFile(
+                self.single_parent_plugin_package,
+                field_name="tempfile",
+                name="testfile.zip",
+                content_type="application/zip",
+                size=39889,
+                charset="utf8",
+            )
+        )
+        multiple_parent_folders = self._get_value_by_attribute('multiple_parent_folders', result)
+        self.assertIsNone(multiple_parent_folders)
diff --git a/qgis-app/plugins/tests/testfiles/multi_parents_plugin.zip_ b/qgis-app/plugins/tests/testfiles/multi_parents_plugin.zip_
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ace51b2c
Binary files /dev/null and b/qgis-app/plugins/tests/testfiles/multi_parents_plugin.zip_ differ
diff --git a/qgis-app/plugins/validator.py b/qgis-app/plugins/validator.py
index 0e7c0d31..e1482bd4 100644
--- a/qgis-app/plugins/validator.py
+++ b/qgis-app/plugins/validator.py
@@ -210,8 +210,20 @@ def validator(package):
                 errors="replace",
             )
 
-    # Checks that package_name  exists
+    # Metadata list, also usefull to pass warnings to the main view 
+    metadata = []
+
     namelist = zip.namelist()
+    # Check if the zip file contains multiple parent folders
+    # If it is, show a warning for now
+    try:
+        parent_folders = list(set([str(name).split('/')[0] for name in namelist]))
+        if len(parent_folders) > 1:
+            metadata.append(("multiple_parent_folders", ', '.join(parent_folders)))
+    except:
+        pass
+
+    # Checks that package_name  exists
     try:
         package_name = namelist[0][: namelist[0].index("/")]
     except:
@@ -238,8 +250,6 @@ def validator(package):
     if initname not in namelist:
         raise ValidationError(_("Cannot find __init__.py in plugin package."))
 
-    # Checks metadata
-    metadata = []
     # First parse metadata.txt
     if metadataname in namelist:
         try:
diff --git a/qgis-app/plugins/views.py b/qgis-app/plugins/views.py
index 4a0e0bf0..52b285d6 100644
--- a/qgis-app/plugins/views.py
+++ b/qgis-app/plugins/views.py
@@ -478,6 +478,17 @@ def plugin_upload(request):
                     )
                     del form.cleaned_data["license_recommended"]
 
+                if form.cleaned_data.get("multiple_parent_folders"):
+                    parent_folders = form.cleaned_data.get("multiple_parent_folders")
+                    messages.warning(
+                        request,
+                        _(
+                            f"Your plugin includes multiple parent folders: {parent_folders}. Please be aware that only the first folder has been recognized. It is strongly advised to have a single parent folder."
+                        ),
+                        fail_silently=True,
+                    )
+                    del form.cleaned_data["multiple_parent_folders"]
+
             except (IntegrityError, ValidationError, DjangoUnicodeDecodeError) as e:
                 connection.close()
                 messages.error(request, e, fail_silently=True)
@@ -977,6 +988,17 @@ def version_create(request, package_name):
                     )
                     del form.cleaned_data["license_recommended"]
 
+                if form.cleaned_data.get("multiple_parent_folders"):
+                    parent_folders = form.cleaned_data.get("multiple_parent_folders")
+                    messages.warning(
+                        request,
+                        _(
+                            f"Your plugin includes multiple parent folders: {parent_folders}. Please be aware that only the first folder has been recognized. It is strongly advised to have a single parent folder."
+                        ),
+                        fail_silently=True,
+                    )
+                    del form.cleaned_data["multiple_parent_folders"]
+
                 _main_plugin_update(request, new_object.plugin, form)
                 _check_optional_metadata(form, request)
                 return HttpResponseRedirect(new_object.plugin.get_absolute_url())
@@ -1033,6 +1055,17 @@ def version_update(request, package_name, version):
                     )
                     del form.cleaned_data["license_recommended"]
 
+                if form.cleaned_data.get("multiple_parent_folders"):
+                    parent_folders = form.cleaned_data.get("multiple_parent_folders")
+                    messages.warning(
+                        request,
+                        _(
+                            f"Your plugin includes multiple parent folders: {parent_folders}. Please be aware that only the first folder has been recognized. It is strongly advised to have a single parent folder."
+                        ),
+                        fail_silently=True,
+                    )
+                    del form.cleaned_data["multiple_parent_folders"]
+
             except (IntegrityError, ValidationError, DjangoUnicodeDecodeError) as e:
                 messages.error(request, e, fail_silently=True)
                 connection.close()