Title: Constant FS_METHOD already defined
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Constant FS_METHOD already defined

 *  Resolved [Garrett Hyder](https://wordpress.org/support/users/garrett-eclipse/)
 * (@garrett-eclipse)
 * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/constant-fs_method-already-defined/)
 * Hello,
 * Recently I’ve noticed a PHP Notice that’s occurring regularly concerning Wordfence:
   
   PHP Notice: Constant FS_METHOD already defined in wfConfig.php on line 793
 * Wanted to raise the concern here.
 * Thank you
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordfence/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordfence/)

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 *  [WFBrian](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wfbrian/)
 * (@wfbrian)
 * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/constant-fs_method-already-defined/#post-5756629)
 * I’ll pass this along to the dev team to look into.
 * Thanks!
 *  Plugin Author [Mark Maunder](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mmaunder/)
 * (@mmaunder)
 * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/constant-fs_method-already-defined/#post-5756699)
 * Hi Garrett,
 * This warning appears if your Wordfence is trying to upgrade itself and for some
   reason your system has already defined FS_METHOD. Can you tell me if you have
   FS_METHOD defined in your wp-config.php file and what it is?
 * We’ve added a check to see if FS_METHOD is already defined in our upgrade routine
   which will be included in the next release.
 * Thanks.
 * Mark.
 *  Thread Starter [Garrett Hyder](https://wordpress.org/support/users/garrett-eclipse/)
 * (@garrett-eclipse)
 * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/constant-fs_method-already-defined/#post-5756718)
 * Hi Mark,
 * To my knowledge I don’t have it defined anywhere, I checked my wp-config.php 
   and don’t see it there. As well as downloaded my theme directory but didn’t find
   it in there. Any other ideas?
 * Thanks

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 * Last reply from: [Garrett Hyder](https://wordpress.org/support/users/garrett-eclipse/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/constant-fs_method-already-defined/#post-5756718)
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