Title: Process Running: wp-includes/class-read.php
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Process Running: wp-includes/class-read.php

 *  [susb8383](https://wordpress.org/support/users/susb8383/)
 * (@susb8383)
 * [15 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/process-running-wp-includesclass-readphp/)
 * Hi All,
 * I’m using hostgator for my hosting and when I logged into cpanel I noticed that
   I had a bunch of processes running.
 * When I clicked on details, they were all the same. Many of my WordPress sites
   had this:
    (my domain)/wp-includes/class-read.php
 * Does anyone know what this is? Is this normal for a WordPress site to run this
   process, or does this indicate I’m being hacked somehow?
 * Thanks, Susie

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [15 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/process-running-wp-includesclass-readphp/#post-1859447)
 * Have you tried:
 * – deactivating **all** plugins to see if this resolves the problem? If this works,
   re-activate the plugins one by one until you find the problematic plugin(s).
 * – switching to the Twenty Ten theme to rule out any theme-specific problems?
 * – [resetting the plugins folder](http://codex.wordpress.org/FAQ_Troubleshooting#How_to_deactivate_all_plugins_when_not_able_to_access_the_administrative_menus.3F)
   by FTP or PhpMyAdmin? Sometimes, an apparently inactive plugin can still cause
   problems.
 *  Thread Starter [susb8383](https://wordpress.org/support/users/susb8383/)
 * (@susb8383)
 * [15 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/process-running-wp-includesclass-readphp/#post-1859745)
 * Hi,
 * I haven’t gone that far but…I did see the file class-read.php. But when I try
   to edit it, I see binary code so it looks like it’s some kind of program rather
   than a php file. Also as a test I did a new wordpress install. There is no class-
   read.php file as part of the new install. Which makes me think it’s a hack thing.
 * Maybe I’ll just delete class-read.php and stop the process.
 *  Thread Starter [susb8383](https://wordpress.org/support/users/susb8383/)
 * (@susb8383)
 * [15 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/process-running-wp-includesclass-readphp/#post-1859746)
 * Well..this is interesting.
 * That class-read.php file has a modified date of 11/3/2008 at 6:25 pm. There are
   three other files that have exactly the same modified date and time:
    class-pop.
   php (text file, part of my new WP install) common.php wp-vars.php
 * These last two files are exactly like class-read.php in that they are binary 
   files and they do not exist in my new install.
 * I’m not sure what that all means.

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last reply from: [susb8383](https://wordpress.org/support/users/susb8383/)
 * Last activity: [15 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/process-running-wp-includesclass-readphp/#post-1859746)
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