Large core.12344 files in wp-admin

  • apt2it

    (@apt2it)


    3 years, 2 months ago

    What are core.<5digits> files in wp-admin folder?

    Are they dump created by WordPress? Are they safe to delete?

    -rw——- 1 san san 178937856 Jul 16 2022 ../wp-admin/core.22937
    -rw——- 1 san san 181657600 Jul 16 2022 ../wp-admin/core.22978
    -rw——- 1 san san 178806784 Jul 16 2022 ../wp-admin/core.22987
    -rw——- 1 san san 167194624 Jul 16 2022 ../wp-admin/core.23005
    -rw——- 1 san san 178642944 Jul 16 2022 ../wp-admin/core.23006

    • This topic was modified 3 years, 2 months ago by apt2it.
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  • Moderator Steven Stern (sterndata)

    (@sterndata)

    Volunteer Forum Moderator

    3 years, 2 months ago

    These usually indicate some type of OS crash. You can delete them.

    Is there anything in the system logs (/var/log/messages, if accessible to you; if not ask your host) at the times the files were created?

    see https://www.siteground.com/kb/core-xxxxx-files/

    Thread Starter apt2it

    (@apt2it)

    3 years, 2 months ago

    Thank you Steven, I appreciate your help.

    The date & time of the core.xxxx files are 10-15 seconds up and down to many of the wp-admin files. Many other files are of much later dates.

    So I assume this may be WordPress auto update process!!

    I will get more review and fix the issue further.

    Thank you.

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