Are uploaded files safe?

  • Resolved khrisme

    (@khrisme)


    2 months ago

    Hello there,

    Are uploaded files safe when submitted through the forms? When I receive the email with the attachments, there are also direct links to the files in the email. And are these files crawled by search engines? Thnx!

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  • Plugin Support Zafer – WPMU DEV Support

    (@wpmudevsupport15)

    Hi @khrisme,

    I hope you are doing well today!

    All files uploaded via?File Upload fields in your forms are stored with random names in designated subdirectories of the?/wp-content/uploads/forminator/?directory by default.

    https://wpmudev.com/docs/wpmu-dev-plugins/forminator/#file-uploads-storage

    To make sure to prevent search engines from crawling those directories, you can use the robots.txt file. The robots.txt file is a text file located in the root directory of your website that instructs search engine crawlers on which pages or directories they are allowed to crawl and index.

    Here’s how you can prevent search engines from crawling the “/wp-content/uploads/forminator/” directory using the robots.txt file:

    Disallow: /wp-content/uploads/forminator/

    By adding Disallow directive to the robots.txt file, you are instructing search engine crawlers not to index the contents of the “/wp-content/uploads/forminator/” directory. It may take some time for search engines to recognize and respect these directives, so be patient as the changes take effect.

    Kind regards,
    Zafer

    Thread Starter khrisme

    (@khrisme)

    Hi there,

    Your kind reply is much appreciated, thank you very much!

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