message: plugin detected a bare directory index in your cache directory

  • Resolved sotnasonun

    (@sotnasonun)


    2 years, 3 months ago

    When installed the plugin it gave me an odd message, not sure how to deal with it. If its necessary to make some sort of preventive measures or simply change the cache folder.

    Message:
    The plugin detected a bare directory index in your cache directory, which would let visitors see your cache files directly and might expose private posts. index.html files have been added in key directories, but unless directory indexes are disabled, it is probably better to store the cache files outside of the web root of /home/username/public_html/wordpress_site/

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  • Plugin Contributor Mike Stott

    (@mikemayhem3030)

    Hi @sotnasonun

    A “Bare directory index” means that if someone finds your cache folder they’ll see an index of all the cached files.

    If you have any private posts (where uncached a password would be needed to view them) these might be visible.

    You can disable these indexes by adding an index.html file to the cache folder, or disabling indexes through .htaccess

    Here’s a guide that might be helpful: https://htaccessbook.com/disable-directory-indexes/

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