Title: WordPress core file modified – false positive
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# WordPress core file modified – false positive

 *  Resolved [mikeall](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mikeall/)
 * (@mikeall)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-core-file-modified-false-positive/)
 * Hi – I am running non-modified WordPress installations but they use the Spanish
   version which causes the checks to fail. Below is a sample from wp-includes/version.
   php so maybe you can have it check against the other language versions not just
   english. 😉
 * The Original Version of the file
    34 */ 35 $required_mysql_version = ‘5.0’; 36
 * The Modified Version on your WordPress system
    34 */ 35 $required_mysql_version
   = ‘5.0’; 36 37 $wp_local_package = ‘es_ES’; 38
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 *  Thread Starter [mikeall](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mikeall/)
 * (@mikeall)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-core-file-modified-false-positive/#post-4681626)
 * Also, these are the files that get flagged as being modified but haven’t been–
   unless you count the translation into Spanish from English but this was done 
   by the WordPress team.
 * * WordPress core file modified: license.txt
    * WordPress core file modified: 
   readme.html * WordPress core file modified: wp-admin/setup-config.php * WordPress
   core file modified: wp-config-sample.php * WordPress core file modified: wp-includes/
   version.php
 *  Plugin Author [Mark Maunder](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mmaunder/)
 * (@mmaunder)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-core-file-modified-false-positive/#post-4681863)
 * Hi,
 * You can just tell Wordfence to ignore those changes in future scans.
 * Regards,
 * Mark.
 *  [monasoleil](https://wordpress.org/support/users/monasoleil/)
 * (@monasoleil)
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-core-file-modified-false-positive/#post-4682006)
 * Hello,
 * Wordfence warning: WordPress core file modified: wp-includes/version.php
 * Im running french wordpress, could it be the same situation here? I really like
   this program, its great… and easy to use, once i will have figured out how to
   properly manage those warnings.
 * thanks for your help
    Mona
 *  [WFSupport](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wfsupport/)
 * (@wfsupport)
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-core-file-modified-false-positive/#post-4682007)
 * Mona,
 * I believe that is correct. Same situation.
 * tim
 *  [monasoleil](https://wordpress.org/support/users/monasoleil/)
 * (@monasoleil)
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-core-file-modified-false-positive/#post-4682008)
 * Thanks Tim 🙂
 *  [insuraati](https://wordpress.org/support/users/insuraati/)
 * (@insuraati)
 * [11 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-core-file-modified-false-positive/#post-4682012)
 * Hi Tim,
    I ran wordfence scan and it gave this error
 * WordPress core file modified: wp-config-sample.php
 * Is it safe to ignore this in future scans too ? And what does this exactly mean?
   Hope not something serious …
    Thanks
 *  [insuraati](https://wordpress.org/support/users/insuraati/)
 * (@insuraati)
 * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-core-file-modified-false-positive/#post-4682015)
 * Resolved. Its nothing serious
 *  [jeremyp74](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jeremyp74/)
 * (@jeremyp74)
 * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-core-file-modified-false-positive/#post-4682016)
 * I’m getting these alerts too. Mine is in English(America). How to i get to “manage
   settings” in wordfence, and how do i de-activate this alert?

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