Understanding where files belong helps you manage your site effectively.
Your home directory. Contains all your hosting files.
Your main website folder. Files here are publicly accessible at yourdomain.com.
Addon domain or subdomain folders.
Email data. Do not modify directly.
Access and error logs for your sites.
SSL certificate files.
Temporary files. Cleared periodically.
Apache configuration. Controls redirects, security, caching.
WordPress configuration. Contains database credentials.
Default file loaded when visiting a directory.
PHP error log. Check this when debugging issues.
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