Title: patchStack Plugin installed by WordPress
Last modified: April 29, 2024

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# patchStack Plugin installed by WordPress

 *  [mt1895](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mt1895/)
 * (@mt1895)
 * [2 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/patchstack-plugin-installed-by-wordpress/)
 * I’ve noticed on two different WordPress websites that after the  6.5.2 version
   of WP automatically installed on my websites (4-?-2024), a plugin called PatchStack
   Security was also installed which broke one of my website that is hosting my 
   Thrive Apprentice Online Courses.
   I immediately deleted it from both of my websites
   and the broken site returned to normal.I submitted a support ticket to WordFence
   to see if they knew anything about it and they thought that my site may have 
   been hacked (which I don’t think so). Can anyone confirmed that the plugin was
   added to my plugin database by WordPress? At the time, I did NOT add any new 
   plugins that could have done this.Kindest regards

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 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [2 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/patchstack-plugin-installed-by-wordpress/#post-17722198)
 * The only plugins that WordPress auto-installs are Hello Dolly and Akismet. If
   you’re concenred, you can always compare to a fresh download: [https://wordpress.org/download/](https://wordpress.org/download/)
 * If you used a third-party installer or have a managed hosting provider, it’s 
   possible that they installed the plugin for you, but we’d have no control over
   that.

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 * Last reply from: [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * Last activity: [2 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/patchstack-plugin-installed-by-wordpress/#post-17722198)
 * Status: not resolved

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