Title: Server GETting /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# Server GETting /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php

 *  [Ambyomoron](https://wordpress.org/support/users/josiah-s-carberry/)
 * (@josiah-s-carberry)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/server-getting-wp-adminadmin-ajaxphp/)
 * I note in my access log that my server is accessing /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php 
   with a GET several times per day. Is this access in relation to running a wordpress
   cron job or could it be something else?

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 *  [Clarion Technologies](https://wordpress.org/support/users/clarionwpdeveloper/)
 * (@clarionwpdeveloper)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/server-getting-wp-adminadmin-ajaxphp/#post-7457970)
 * Hi,
 * It is normal WordPress behavior. No need to worry about that.
 * More info as follows:
 * “Introduced in WordPress 3.6 the WordPress Heartbeat API allows WordPress to 
   communicate between the web-browser and the server. It allows for improved user
   session management, revision tracking, and auto saving.
 * The WordPress Heartbeat API uses /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php to run AJAX calls from
   the web-browser. Which in theory sounds awesome, as WordPress can keep track 
   of what’s going on in the dashboard.”
 * Thanks
 *  Thread Starter [Ambyomoron](https://wordpress.org/support/users/josiah-s-carberry/)
 * (@josiah-s-carberry)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/server-getting-wp-adminadmin-ajaxphp/#post-7458123)
 * Thanks for that clarion explanation. So, if I add authentication to the wp-admin
   folder, what will no longer work?

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## Tags

 * [admin-ajax.php](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/admin-ajax-php/)
 * [cron](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/cron/)

 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 2 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [Ambyomoron](https://wordpress.org/support/users/josiah-s-carberry/)
 * Last activity: [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/server-getting-wp-adminadmin-ajaxphp/#post-7458123)
 * Status: not resolved

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