Title: The plugin doesn't do cleaning temporary folder
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# The plugin doesn't do cleaning temporary folder

 *  [paperworks](https://wordpress.org/support/users/paperworks/)
 * (@paperworks)
 * [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/the-plugin-doesnt-do-cleaning-temporary-folder/)
 * Hi, I’m using Really Simple CAPTCHA 1.7 with Contact Form 7 3.5.2.
    I found the
   captcha files are just storing and doesn’t cleaning for a while. There are already
   200+ files in the folder. Set up WordPress on Windows Server 2012, with IIS 8.
 * [http://wordpress.org/plugins/really-simple-captcha/](http://wordpress.org/plugins/really-simple-captcha/)

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 *  [rock.lee](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rocklee-1/)
 * (@rocklee-1)
 * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/the-plugin-doesnt-do-cleaning-temporary-folder/#post-4176457)
 * same problem, and it will cause loading very slow, i just delete 10000+files.
   it is possible for the plugin delete it automatically?
 *  [renp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rene-puchinger/)
 * (@rene-puchinger)
 * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/the-plugin-doesnt-do-cleaning-temporary-folder/#post-4176462)
 * I had the same problem. Got rid of it by modifying these lines in really-simple-
   captcha.php (permissions of the temporary files then become read AND write so
   they can be deleted by the plugin each one hour):
 *  /* Mode of temporary image files */
    $this->file_mode = 0444;
 *  /* Mode of temporary answer text files */
    $this->answer_file_mode = 0440;
 * to
 *  /* Mode of temporary image files */
    $this->file_mode = 0666;
 *  /* Mode of temporary answer text files */
    $this->answer_file_mode = 0666;
 *  [hamdirizal](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hamdirizal/)
 * (@hamdirizal)
 * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/the-plugin-doesnt-do-cleaning-temporary-folder/#post-4176482)
 * I found it works on my online server, but not working on XAMPP.
 *  [kg69design](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kg69design/)
 * (@kg69design)
 * [12 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/the-plugin-doesnt-do-cleaning-temporary-folder/#post-4176493)
 * Have the same problem on localhost on WAMP 2.2
    **Rene Puchinger** solution solve
   the problem (change 0444 and 0440 to 0666)

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 * Last activity: [12 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/the-plugin-doesnt-do-cleaning-temporary-folder/#post-4176493)
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