Title: cloner.php
Last modified: March 6, 2020

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# cloner.php

 *  Resolved [Joe Hana](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joehana/)
 * (@joehana)
 * [6 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cloner-php/)
 * Hi,
 * during an inspection of one of my client websites I found there is a cloner.php
   in the root of the website. After closely inspecting this file it seems it is
   somewhat related to ManageWP, is this the case? Does this plugin put a cloner.
   php file in the root of the website where the plugin is installed? If so can 
   you please elaborate why exactly this is happening and why there are no further
   information found on the web? I’m just curious about the “background”. Many thanks

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 *  Plugin Support [shteffk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shteffk/)
 * (@shteffk)
 * [6 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cloner-php/#post-12518303)
 * Hey there,
 * cloner.php file is used by our Backups, Restore and Clone tools. When a backup,
   clone or restore are started on your dashboard, cloner.php file is uploaded to
   the website root and when completed the file is automatically removed.
 * In case it is not removed automatically you can safely remove it once the process
   is complete.
 * Kind regards,
 *  Thread Starter [Joe Hana](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joehana/)
 * (@joehana)
 * [6 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cloner-php/#post-12521678)
 * Ok, sounds somewhat legit. But perhaps you could add a comment on top of the 
   file to let everyone know where it is coming from? Cause it took quite some time
   for me to find out that this could be from the ManageWP Plugin (and still I was
   not fully certain of it). I think this could be quite helpful for others too 
   maybe.
 * Many thanks for your response on that.
 * All the best

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 * Last reply from: [Joe Hana](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joehana/)
 * Last activity: [6 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cloner-php/#post-12521678)
 * Status: resolved