Title: security question
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# security question

 *  [wglass](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wglass/)
 * (@wglass)
 * [21 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/security-question/)
 * Hi,
    I’m considering installing WordPress on my server and creating other blogs
   for use by other users. Are there any security concerns I should be aware of?
   It looks like WordPress uses PHP tags to mark up the pages. Can users call regular
   PHP functions? Can they access the database, access local files, or do other 
   privileged functions from the web templates? Thanks, WILL

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 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [21 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/security-question/#post-114296)
 * Everything a user can do from inside the admin interface (which is the only interface(
   other than FTP) that allows them to alter files, call functions, etc.) is handled
   by the level you assign a particular user. [http://wiki.wordpress.org/User%20Levels](http://wiki.wordpress.org/User%20Levels)

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last reply from: [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * Last activity: [21 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/security-question/#post-114296)
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