Title: wp-admin/updatecode.json
Last modified: January 4, 2018

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# wp-admin/updatecode.json

 *  [sofiac1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sofiac1/)
 * (@sofiac1)
 * [8 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-admin-updatecode-json-2/)
 * Hi!
 * I just started using the WordFence security plugin on my site.
    Today´s scan 
   resulted in the following:
 * ——
    Unknown file in WordPress core: wp-admin/updatecode.json Filename: wp-admin/
   updatecode.json File Type: Core Issue First Detected: 55 mins ago. Severity: 
   Warning Status New This file is in a WordPress core location but is not distributed
   with this version of WordPress. This is usually due to it being left over from
   a previous WordPress update, but it may also have been added by another plugin
   or a malicious file added by an attacker. —— I am using the most recent WP version:
   4.9.1
 * Please advise what action to take. Thank you in advance for your help!
    Sofia

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 *  [Lopzinsky](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lopez975/)
 * (@lopez975)
 * [8 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-admin-updatecode-json-2/#post-9832162)
 * Hello Sofia,
 * I would recommend opening the file and checking out what the code is trying to
   do. If that does not tell you weather or not you are using it then consult a 
   wp security expert.
 * -Make backup before deleting files.
    -Make sure site is up to date (plugins,theme,
   wordpress) -test site after removing file to ensure it is working as intended
   with no errors.
 * Mike L.
 *  Moderator [t-p](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t-p/)
 * (@t-p)
 * [8 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-admin-updatecode-json-2/#post-9832202)
 * Also, scan your site here for malware: [https://sitecheck.sucuri.net/](https://sitecheck.sucuri.net/)
 *  Thread Starter [sofiac1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sofiac1/)
 * (@sofiac1)
 * [8 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-admin-updatecode-json-2/#post-9845372)
 * Hi,
 * Wordfence checked out the file content and let me know that it was installed 
   by a plugin. At their suggestion, I confirmed it with the plugin author who said
   that it was a file for debugging. They asked me to delete it. They have since
   issued a plugin update.
 * Thanks,
    Sofia

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 * Last reply from: [sofiac1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sofiac1/)
 * Last activity: [8 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-admin-updatecode-json-2/#post-9845372)
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