Title: CHMOD 000 wp-cron.php
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# CHMOD 000 wp-cron.php

 *  [romson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/romson/)
 * (@romson)
 * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/chmod-000-wp-cronphp/)
 * Is it ok to chmod wp-cron.php to 000? I have been getting a lot of requests to
   wp-cron.

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 *  Anonymous User
 * (@anonymized-3085)
 * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/chmod-000-wp-cronphp/#post-1740304)
 * I would never chmod anything to 000
 * >  chmod 000 denies read, write, and execute permission to yourself, your group,
   > and everyone else.
 *  [Joe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shopping-guide/)
 * (@shopping-guide)
 * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/chmod-000-wp-cronphp/#post-1740307)
 * A lot of requests from where? If these are third party ip addresses you should
   be looking at setting up adequate firewall security rules.
 * Joe
 *  Thread Starter [romson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/romson/)
 * (@romson)
 * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/chmod-000-wp-cronphp/#post-1740313)
 * Yes, i know, but now that wp-cron is chmod 000 it seems my site is loading faster.
   What is the downside of wp-cron at chmod 000?
 *  Thread Starter [romson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/romson/)
 * (@romson)
 * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/chmod-000-wp-cronphp/#post-1740320)
 * I was having a ddos on my site and wp-cron was getting a lot of requests from
   192.168.xx.xx IP’s
 * When i blocked the IP in my .htaccess it just changed. Now i have blocked the
   whole range.
 * This is also why i turned wp-cron to chmod 000 to avoid it from being read. It;
   s just i don’t know what the downside is of leaving wp-cron at 000. Do you possibly
   know that?
 *  [Joe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shopping-guide/)
 * (@shopping-guide)
 * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/chmod-000-wp-cronphp/#post-1740335)
 * The 192.168.xx.xx IP’s are from a local source, i.e. your server’s firewall/router
   internal addresses, not an external third party.
 * CHMOD 000 is effectively disabling/deleting the wp-cron file since nobody can
   access or use it, which I don’t think is a wise idea, because WordPress will 
   likely be carrying out regular maintenance tasks through the cron jobs file.
 * Joe

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 * Last activity: [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/chmod-000-wp-cronphp/#post-1740335)
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