Title: Changed file alert VERSION.PHP
Last modified: August 24, 2016

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# Changed file alert VERSION.PHP

 *  Resolved [snaphappyme](https://wordpress.org/support/users/snaphappyme/)
 * (@snaphappyme)
 * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changed-file-alert-versionphp/)
 * Every scan I get a critical warning a core file has changed. It is pointing to
   Version.PHP and upon examining the file it is pointing to a single localisation
   entry at line 37.
 * $wp_local_package = ‘en_AU’;
 * Would be good to not have an alert thrown for this point of difference when clearly
   it is a legitimate core file.
 * Perhaps the plugin can look for this exact string $wp_local_package =” and exclude
   from alerts?
 * Just a thought.
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordfence/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordfence/)

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 *  [WFBrian](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wfbrian/)
 * (@wfbrian)
 * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changed-file-alert-versionphp/#post-6111056)
 * Thanks for the feedback! I’ll pass this along to have it looked into.
 * -Brian
 *  [WFSupport](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wfsupport/)
 * (@wfsupport)
 * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changed-file-alert-versionphp/#post-6111109)
 * Hi,
 * Brian asked me to take a look at this. This is a known issue, for local language
   packages. We’re currently looking at the safest way to handle this difference
   without compromising security. For now, I think you can select “ignore until 
   the file changes”.
 * I’m adding your thread to the internal ticket to address this.
 * tim
    FB518
 *  Thread Starter [snaphappyme](https://wordpress.org/support/users/snaphappyme/)
 * (@snaphappyme)
 * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changed-file-alert-versionphp/#post-6111141)
 * Hi Tim,
 * Yes I have been clicking “ignore until file changes” but as you can guess with
   the recent round of updates (unusual I know, having so many in short space of
   time) it has been annoying.
 * Hope you come up with a solution. Thanks for getting back to me.
 *  [markcoker](https://wordpress.org/support/users/markcoker/)
 * (@markcoker)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changed-file-alert-versionphp/#post-6111201)
 * Yes, i have been experiencing the same thing, just a thought maybe checksum have
   default checksum then a checksum for + $wp_local_package = ‘[all languages]’;.
   I know its a bit more work and not idea but just a thought. Id be interested 
   in what you guys come up with. let us know 🙂
 *  Plugin Author [WFMattR](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wfmattr/)
 * (@wfmattr)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changed-file-alert-versionphp/#post-6111202)
 * Thank you for the input — this is being actively worked by the dev team, and 
   will be included in a future release.
 * -Matt R
 *  [John-Pierre Cornelissen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jpnl/)
 * (@jpnl)
 * [10 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changed-file-alert-versionphp/#post-6111212)
 * @ WF team,
 * Any idea when this difference will be ignored?
 * Or better, any clue why the update gives a localized version of that file. I 
   have multiple sites, all set to Dutch and for some sites I get the file with 
   that localized file and some don’t.
 * I have posted this question in various WP help forums and nobody seems to have
   the answer.
 *  Plugin Author [WFMattR](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wfmattr/)
 * (@wfmattr)
 * [10 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changed-file-alert-versionphp/#post-6111213)
 * [@john-pierre](https://wordpress.org/support/users/john-pierre/) Cornelissen:
   I don’t have a date for when this will be included in a release yet, but it should
   be relatively soon!
 * I think the difference between how sites are updated depends on how the site 
   was originally installed — whether it was using the official zip file for a given
   language, or if it was a standard WordPress installation that had the language
   options added after installation. I don’t know specifically how WordPress determines
   which way it is running though.
 * -Matt R

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