Title: Hide uploads folder Last modified: August 20, 2016 --- # Hide uploads folder * Resolved [tastymouse](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tastymouse/) * (@tastymouse) * [13 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hide-uploads-folder/) * When people enter /wp-content/uploads/ in the browser they see the content of that folder. I read this post [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/is-there-a-way-to-hide-the-uploads-folder-from-public?replies=6](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/is-there-a-way-to-hide-the-uploads-folder-from-public?replies=6) and this [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/hide-directory-structure?replies=4](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/hide-directory-structure?replies=4) I uploaded the empty html/php file and a .htaccess, but nothing changes. The content of the folder keeps visible. * What else can I do? Viewing 3 replies - 1 through 3 (of 3 total) * Thread Starter [tastymouse](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tastymouse/) * (@tastymouse) * [13 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hide-uploads-folder/#post-2807399) * I installed this plugin: [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/secure-folder-wp-contentuploads/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/secure-folder-wp-contentuploads/) and this doesn’t help to. * [MickeyRoush](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mickeyroush/) * (@mickeyroush) * [13 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hide-uploads-folder/#post-2807512) * Did you try placing this at the top of your .htaccess file: * > Options -Indexes * If so, and that didn’t work, what OS is your server using? * Also, that plugin you mentioned just does what you did manually. Placing a blank index.html file there. Really you shouldn’t leave the index.html file blank, it should have something like this in it: * > * The same for the index.php file. It should have something like this: * > // Silence is golden. ?> * Thread Starter [tastymouse](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tastymouse/) * (@tastymouse) * [13 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hide-uploads-folder/#post-2807562) * There appears to be an issue with server caching. I’m having contact with the hosting company to solve this. Thanks for the advice. Viewing 3 replies - 1 through 3 (of 3 total) The topic ‘Hide uploads folder’ is closed to new replies. ## Tags * [folder](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/folder/) * [hide](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/hide/) * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) * 3 replies * 2 participants * Last reply from: [tastymouse](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tastymouse/) * Last activity: [13 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hide-uploads-folder/#post-2807562) * Status: resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics