plugin sub-folders appearing in /plugins top folder

  • Resolved terriz

    (@terriz)


    4 years, 2 months ago

    I have a site I’m taking over that I’m cleaning up. My security software has alerted me to several folders in the top-level /plugins folder that don’t show up as “Plugins” in the admin panel, and upon viewing some of the files within these folders, they appear to be related to this plugin – which I do have installed.

    Are these just from an old version? examples:
    public_html/wp-content/plugins/assets
    public_html/wp-content/plugins/languages
    public_html/wp-content/plugins/lite
    public_html/wp-content/plugins/includes

    Can I safely remove these?

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  • Plugin Author chriscct7

    (@chriscct7)

    Yes, we don’t add the directories in the top level folder.

    I know a while ago there was a hosting company that had a bug in the WP plugin installation where new plugins added could unzip at the top level like that, so that’s likely what happened there

    -Chris

    Thread Starter terriz

    (@terriz)

    Thanks for confirming, Chris!

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