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Posted by willwoods
willwoods
5,916 Points

Silence is golden

Does anyone know what an index.php file that contains //silcence is golden is for. I'm not sure if it's there for secuirty or my root directory has been hacked. I'm running WordPress on a local host so I assume that I don't need to worry.

Many thanks!

1 Answer

Dean Wiseman
Dean Wiseman
20,901 Points

Its supposed to be there. No worries.

Dean Wiseman
Dean Wiseman
20,901 Points

Explore WordPress files like index.php file inside wp-content? What’s inside the file:

[php]

<?php // Silence is golden.

[/php]

An empty file with no code and a single line comment saying “Silence is golden”. Whats the reason for this file its security. Its there to keep people from accessing your site directory by browsing to http://yourwebsite/wp-content/

willwoods
willwoods
5,916 Points

Thanks Dean.