Core Integrity – What is this?

  • Resolved troxwalt

    (@troxwalt)


    7 years, 12 months ago

    Hey there. I’m new to WordPress and Sucuri.

    I came across the Core Integrity section. What is that? What am I supposed to do with this information?

    Core Integrity (5 files)
    Select All Status File Size Modified At File Path
    Added ~797.00B March 6, 2017 5:54 pm .fw-config.php (not fixable)
    Removed ~0.00 March 21, 2017 10:21 am wp-content/index.php
    Removed ~0.00 March 21, 2017 10:21 am wp-config-sample.php
    Modified ~15.94K March 7, 2017 8:34 pm wp-settings.php (not fixable)
    Modified ~92.30K March 7, 2017 8:34 pm wp-admin/includes/upgrade.php (not fixable)

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  • Hi there,

    The core integrity scanner checks the core WordPress folders/files searching for added, modified, and deleted files. There is no need to touch any of these core files so any inconsistency notified after the scan should be considered suspicious.

    It’s recommended that you replace your WordPress files with a newly downloaded copy. You’ll find instructions for that here: https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Updating_WordPress

    I hope this helps!

    Eve

    Thread Starter troxwalt

    (@troxwalt)

    Thanks Eve. I’m on a managed hosted solution, so I’m going to assume that they know what they are doing with the core files.

    I do appreciate the quick response and detailed answer.

    Troy

    Hi Troy,

    Ah, those changes are likely done on purpose by the host ?? If you are at all concerned about the core changes, I’d check with the host.

    You’re very welcome.

    Kind regards,
    Eve

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