wflog directory includes all Uploads

  • In troubleshooting a backup problem timing out on a site, I see the directory wflog includes the entire UPLOADS directory and this site has a lot of uploads. It may not be the only problem but it’s definitely bogging things down to back up UPLOADS and then again under the WFLOG directory.

    Is there a reason these would be in there? And any reason not to delete the Uploads directory in there to regain server space?

    Thanks!

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  • Plugin Support wfpeter

    (@wfpeter)

    Hi @maddogprod, thanks for getting in touch!

    Unless you’re using the MySQLi Storage Engine where some files may not be present, wp-content/wflogs/ should contain:

    attack-data.php,
    config-livewaf.php,
    config-synced.php,
    config-transient.php,
    config.php,
    GeoLite2-Country.mmdb,
    ips.php,
    rules.php,
    template.php

    The plugin automatically recreates this folder after a few minutes if it’s ever deleted but it does not contain or back-up the uploads directory (or any other directory) for your site. This should mean the folder in there is safe to delete unless you’ve changed WordPress’ default upload location in your configuration or have told a site backup plugin to place it there.

    Thanks,
    Peter.

    Thread Starter maddogprod

    (@maddogprod)

    Thanks for getting back to me quickly. This is very strange. Those files are there along with the UPLOADS directory. In the actual wp-content/uploads there is only the current year 2024 files.

    • If I right-click on an image on the site (compellingconversations.com) and open the image in a new window it shows the proper path. Yet the images are contained in the wflogs/uploads directory.
    • I’ve looked around at .htaccess files to see if a redirect was added and don’t see one.

    Does this make any sense to you? It doesn’t to me. It’s almost like they were quarantined there or something? Weird!

    P.S. I’ve checked wp_config and the theme functions.php files but there’s nothing in either pertaining to the UPLOADS directory

    • This reply was modified 5 months, 3 weeks ago by maddogprod.
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