Title: Installed wordpress – public html folder
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Installed wordpress – public html folder

 *  [wswookie](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wswookie/)
 * (@wswookie)
 * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installed-wordpress-public-html-folder/)
 * Hi everyone. I was hoping that someone can answer this question for me as I see
   different answers in different places.
 * I just did a wordpress install following the directions found on this site: [http://wpcandy.com/teaches/how-to-install-wordpress](http://wpcandy.com/teaches/how-to-install-wordpress)
 * It worked, but my question now is: I seem to have more files in my FTP root folder
   than usual. I usually install wordpress using fantastico but for some reason 
   it didn’t work, so I had to do it manually.
 * Here are some files I have. Can someone please let me know if anything needs 
   to be removed? (These are in my public HTML folder)
    wp-activate.php wp-blog-
   header.php wp-comments-post.php wp-config-sample.php wp-config.php wp-config.
   txt wp-cron.php wp-links-opml.php wp-load.php wp-login.php wp-mail.php wp-settings.
   php wp-signup.php wp-trackback.php

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 *  [ehoanshelt](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ehoanshelt/)
 * (@ehoanshelt)
 * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installed-wordpress-public-html-folder/#post-5677010)
 * Hey wswookie,
 * All those files are required for WordPress to run properly. I would not remove
   any of those.
 *  Thread Starter [wswookie](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wswookie/)
 * (@wswookie)
 * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installed-wordpress-public-html-folder/#post-5677013)
 * Hi ehoanshelt, even the wp-config.txt? I guess I am just worried about someone
   hacking the site more than normal since the setup was manually and not through
   fantastico.
 *  [ehoanshelt](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ehoanshelt/)
 * (@ehoanshelt)
 * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installed-wordpress-public-html-folder/#post-5677015)
 * Hey wswookie,
 * That is a hard one to catch in the list. My eye gazed right by it!
 * wp-config.txt should be removed as that is not related to WordPress. Depending
   on the content in the .txt file, it could be a major security risk.
 * Thanks!
    Eric
 *  Thread Starter [wswookie](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wswookie/)
 * (@wswookie)
 * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installed-wordpress-public-html-folder/#post-5677148)
 * Hi ehoanshelt. Is there a list of wordpress 4.1 files that should be in the public
   html folder?
 * Thanks again for looking.

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 * Last reply from: [wswookie](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wswookie/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installed-wordpress-public-html-folder/#post-5677148)
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