Title: Mailpoet Cache Folder
Last modified: August 16, 2021

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# Mailpoet Cache Folder

 *  Resolved [lrorr](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lrorr/)
 * (@lrorr)
 * [4 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mailpoet-cache-folder/)
 * Hello there
 * In the course of routine maintenance and security checks on our website, which
   utilises MailPoet, our installation of Cerber Security flagged up the cache folder
   used by MailPoet (some 2000 files) as all either ‘suspicious code’ or ‘executable
   code’, with the error message:
 * “This file contains executable code and may contain obfuscated malware. If this
   file is a part of a theme or a plugin, it must be located in the theme or the
   plugin folder. No exception, no excuses.”
 * It seems like a fairly valid and serious security concern that the publicly accessible
   uploads folder is being used to store code, with no apparent means for purging,
   nor any seeming reason not to use its own plugin folder.
 * Some insight would be greatly appreciated.

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 *  [Elvira K.](https://wordpress.org/support/users/treibalen/)
 * (@treibalen)
 * [4 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mailpoet-cache-folder/#post-14822841)
 * Hi there [@lrorr](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lrorr/),
 * Thanks for reaching out!
 * These files are expected in normal MailPoet operation, and are a false positive
   of such security scanners.
 * The `wp-content/plugins` folder is often not writable, so in a good number of
   cases keeping the cache folder as part of the plugin is just not an option.
 * The generated template files should output nothing. They only contain precomputed
   templates, and no sensitive data. The plugin is open-source, so everyone can 
   already view the contents of such files.
 * You can change the location of the cache folder by following these steps: [https://kb.mailpoet.com/article/337-wp-engine-caching-problems](https://kb.mailpoet.com/article/337-wp-engine-caching-problems)
 * I hope this clarifies a bit, but please let us know if you have any questions!

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 * Last reply from: [Elvira K.](https://wordpress.org/support/users/treibalen/)
 * Last activity: [4 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mailpoet-cache-folder/#post-14822841)
 * Status: resolved