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 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [Do I need an htaccess file in wp-admin folder?](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/do-i-need-an-htaccess-file-in-wp-admin-folder/)
 *  Thread Starter [wpuk567](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpuk567/)
 * (@wpuk567)
 * [17 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/do-i-need-an-htaccess-file-in-wp-admin-folder/#post-834585)
 * Thanks Moshu –
 * Is leaving the htaccess where it is (site root) a security risk then? Having 
   it where it is doesn’t seem to be affecting my WP site at all.
 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [Do I need an htaccess file in wp-admin folder?](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/do-i-need-an-htaccess-file-in-wp-admin-folder/)
 *  Thread Starter [wpuk567](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpuk567/)
 * (@wpuk567)
 * [17 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/do-i-need-an-htaccess-file-in-wp-admin-folder/#post-834579)
 * Hi – thanks for getting back to me –
 * I didn’t have a htaccess file until I set my permalinks up (Day & Name) – then
   one was created for me at the bottom of the screen (Settings | Permalinks).
 * Unfortunately, the screen did not say where to put the htaccess file, so i put
   it in my web hosting root folder (i.e. outside my ‘wordpress’ folder – my file
   structure is root/wordpress/-> all the wordpress folders. So the htaccess file
   is currently one level up from /wordpress
 * Thing is, everything seems to be working fine – but then I installed the WP-Security
   scanner plugin to security-check my setup, and one of the things it is coming
   up with is ‘The file .htaccess does not exist in wp-admin/. ‘ (which is true –
   but doesn’t really get me anywhere!).
 * I would be grateful for any further thoughts.
 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [htaccess in wrong place](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/htaccess-in-wrong-place/)
 *  Thread Starter [wpuk567](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpuk567/)
 * (@wpuk567)
 * [17 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/htaccess-in-wrong-place/#post-831353)
 * Cheers Dave, thank you for the quick response – I’ll give both those a go a bit
   later on and let you know the outcome. Thank you for the kind help.

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