Title: Core WordPress Files Were Modified: False?
Last modified: March 23, 2020

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# Core WordPress Files Were Modified: False?

 *  [jess888](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jess888/)
 * (@jess888)
 * [6 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/core-wordpress-files-were-modified-false/)
 * I have been getting Core WordPress Files Were Modified alerts for the following
   files:
 * .user.ini
    htaccess wordfence-waf.php wp-admin/error_log
 * I see nothing in these files that looks amiss, and have reinstalled WP, but still
   get these alerts.
 * What am I missing? THANKS!
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fcore-wordpress-files-were-modified-false%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Thread Starter [jess888](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jess888/)
 * (@jess888)
 * [6 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/core-wordpress-files-were-modified-false/#post-12574931)
 * Wondering if Sucuri is not getting along with WordFence firewall. If so, it’s
   the first time I have experienced this.
 *  [g0tr00t](https://wordpress.org/support/users/g0tr00t/)
 * (@g0tr00t)
 * [6 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/core-wordpress-files-were-modified-false/#post-12575440)
 * [@jess888](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jess888/) You just need to whitelist
   the files after verifying they are not malicious 🙂
 * It’s flagging them because they are not part of the core WordPress, so you should
   back up, remove any that aren’t necessary OR whitelist them if they are intended
   to be there. Hope this helps!
 *  [thisurajay](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thisurajay/)
 * (@thisurajay)
 * [6 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/core-wordpress-files-were-modified-false/#post-13239066)
 * How to figure out what are the ‘modified files’?

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