Title: Security issue with the backup folder
Last modified: September 1, 2016

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# Security issue with the backup folder

 *  Resolved [acv001](https://wordpress.org/support/users/acv001/)
 * (@acv001)
 * [10 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/security-issue-with-the-backup-folder/)
 * Hi there,
    Didn’t know how to contact you otherwise. I guess there might be a
   security issue with the plugin. Could you please check this post written by me
   and comment/fix? [http://dev.vvirlan.com/security-issue-backupwordpress-plugin-has-a-security-issue/](http://dev.vvirlan.com/security-issue-backupwordpress-plugin-has-a-security-issue/)
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/backupwordpress/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/backupwordpress/)

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 *  Plugin Contributor [Katrina “Kat” Moody](https://wordpress.org/support/users/katmoody/)
 * (@katmoody)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/security-issue-with-the-backup-folder/#post-7546981)
 * Were you able to access that file even when you weren’t logged into your site?
   The Htaccess permissions on the Backup directory should prevent anyone who isn’t
   logged in from being able to access the backups.
 * For instance when I tried to follow the link I received a 404 error. But you 
   might have already deactivated the plugin?
 * Let me know – and email us directly at [backupwordpress@hmn.md](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/security-issue-with-the-backup-folder/backupwordpress@hmn.md?output_format=md)
   with additional details if you have them.
 * You can also change the backup directory by adding a definition to your wp-config.
   php file we call a constant.
 * The path to the folder you would like to store your backup files in, defaults
   to /home/public_html/bwp/wp-content/backupwordpress-backups. to change it you
   can add
 * `define( 'HMBKP_PATH', '/home/path/to/desired/backup/folder' );`
 * Thanks,
    Kat

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 * Last reply from: [Katrina “Kat” Moody](https://wordpress.org/support/users/katmoody/)
 * Last activity: [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/security-issue-with-the-backup-folder/#post-7546981)
 * Status: resolved