Title: File Guard / Check
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# File Guard / Check

 *  Resolved [Jan-Peter](https://wordpress.org/support/users/starguide/)
 * (@starguide)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/file-guard-check/)
 * Hello,
 * I really like the idea of the File Guard / Check feature, but there is one problem:
   We are using a caching plugin and therefore, for obvious reasons, the content
   of the cache folders change every day. Is there a way to exclude these folders
   from the check, so that I only get an e-mail, if really something changed and
   not every day?
 * starguide
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/ninjafirewall/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/ninjafirewall/)

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 *  Plugin Author [nintechnet](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nintechnet/)
 * (@nintechnet)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/file-guard-check/#post-5659009)
 * Hi,
 * You can do that with File Check. When you create the snapshot, there is a “Exclude
   the following files/folders” input field where you can enter a path or a part
   of it (the shorter, the better). If you missed it, delete the current snapshot
   and re-create one.
 * Regarding File Guard, there is no similar option. We are thinking about it, but
   the main challenge here is performance: this feature runs each time a PHP script
   is requested. Using an exclusion list could slow down a site. We’ll have to do
   a lot of benchmarks before we decide to include it or not in NinjaFirewall.
 *  Thread Starter [Jan-Peter](https://wordpress.org/support/users/starguide/)
 * (@starguide)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/file-guard-check/#post-5659010)
 * Hi,
 * thanks for the very quick answer! Since the whole purpose of a caching plugin
   is performance, I rather skip the file guard feature than to slow down my site
   again. 🙂 Of course if you find a solution that would be great.
 * Keep up the good work!
 * starguide

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 * Last activity: [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/file-guard-check/#post-5659010)
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