Title: wp-admin folder
Last modified: August 6, 2023

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# wp-admin folder

 *  [Peter](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cobbydaler/)
 * (@cobbydaler)
 * [2 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-admin-folder-2/)
 * A File called service.php keeps being added to wp-admin folder and Wordfence 
   says this file is not distributed with this version of WordPress. version I am
   running is 6.2.2 I use Godaddy Hosting where I have to keep Deleting the File.
 * I keep getting emails saying.
 * This email was sent from your website “Decorations By Design” by the Wordfence
   plugin.
 * Wordfence found the following new issues on “Decorations By Design”.
 * Alert generated at Sunday 6th of August 2023 at 10:33:35 AM
 * See the details of these scan results on your site at: [https://decsbydesign.co.uk/wp-admin/admin.php?page=WordfenceScan](https://decsbydesign.co.uk/wp-admin/admin.php?page=WordfenceScan)
 * High Severity Problems:
 * * Unknown file in WordPress core: wp-admin/service.php
    -  This topic was modified 2 years, 10 months ago by [Peter](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cobbydaler/).

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 *  Moderator [threadi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/threadi/)
 * (@threadi)
 * [2 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-admin-folder-2/#post-16950555)
 * The WordFence plugin you are using is correct. A service.php file must not exist
   in wp-admin.
 * If it keeps recreating, I would assume your WordPress site is hacked. See the
   following 2 articles:
 * > [FAQ My site was hacked](https://wordpress.org/documentation/article/faq-my-site-was-hacked/)
 * > [Hardening WordPress](https://wordpress.org/documentation/article/hardening-wordpress/)
 * If necessary, also check with WordFence whether and how your site can be secured.
   Their support forum can help with this: [https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wordfence/](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wordfence/)
 * If that doesn’t solve the problem, you’ll have to completely delete your project
   and restore it from a clean backup.
 *  Thread Starter [Peter](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cobbydaler/)
 * (@cobbydaler)
 * [2 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-admin-folder-2/#post-16950637)
 * Thank you for your quick response I will check out the documentation.
 *  [imranwaheed1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/imranwaheed1/)
 * (@imranwaheed1)
 * [2 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-admin-folder-2/#post-16953059)
 * using additional security plugins like Sucuri or iThemes Security to strengthen
   your website’s security.

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 3 replies
 * 3 participants
 * Last reply from: [imranwaheed1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/imranwaheed1/)
 * Last activity: [2 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-admin-folder-2/#post-16953059)
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