diff --git a/src/wp-admin/admin-footer.php b/src/wp-admin/admin-footer.php
index abb020e046459..fef0c06bbf725 100644
--- a/src/wp-admin/admin-footer.php
+++ b/src/wp-admin/admin-footer.php
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 // Don't load directly.
 if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) {
-	die( '-1' );
+	exit;
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/wp-admin/admin-functions.php b/src/wp-admin/admin-functions.php
index 6ce4e06c47007..0ba925dae38cf 100644
--- a/src/wp-admin/admin-functions.php
+++ b/src/wp-admin/admin-functions.php
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 // Don't load directly.
 if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) {
-	die( '-1' );
+	exit;
 }
 
 _deprecated_file( basename( __FILE__ ), '2.5.0', 'wp-admin/includes/admin.php' );
diff --git a/src/wp-admin/admin-header.php b/src/wp-admin/admin-header.php
index e1e9ba0f6562b..92fbd3a4a2f79 100644
--- a/src/wp-admin/admin-header.php
+++ b/src/wp-admin/admin-header.php
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 // Don't load directly.
 if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) {
-	die( '-1' );
+	exit;
 }
 
 header( 'Content-Type: ' . get_option( 'html_type' ) . '; charset=' . get_option( 'blog_charset' ) );
diff --git a/src/wp-admin/custom-background.php b/src/wp-admin/custom-background.php
index bbd56bdb6cee2..10f13f772bac3 100644
--- a/src/wp-admin/custom-background.php
+++ b/src/wp-admin/custom-background.php
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 // Don't load directly.
 if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) {
-	die( '-1' );
+	exit;
 }
 
 _deprecated_file( basename( __FILE__ ), '5.3.0', 'wp-admin/includes/class-custom-background.php' );
diff --git a/src/wp-admin/custom-header.php b/src/wp-admin/custom-header.php
index 31c78dcb5b372..c5884688197ae 100644
--- a/src/wp-admin/custom-header.php
+++ b/src/wp-admin/custom-header.php
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 // Don't load directly.
 if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) {
-	die( '-1' );
+	exit;
 }
 
 _deprecated_file( basename( __FILE__ ), '5.3.0', 'wp-admin/includes/class-custom-image-header.php' );
diff --git a/src/wp-admin/edit-form-advanced.php b/src/wp-admin/edit-form-advanced.php
index c5092029543db..da4ec6f6499e9 100644
--- a/src/wp-admin/edit-form-advanced.php
+++ b/src/wp-admin/edit-form-advanced.php
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 // Don't load directly.
 if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) {
-	die( '-1' );
+	exit;
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/wp-admin/edit-form-blocks.php b/src/wp-admin/edit-form-blocks.php
index 2237fc69ce293..10d96f2b2d9f5 100644
--- a/src/wp-admin/edit-form-blocks.php
+++ b/src/wp-admin/edit-form-blocks.php
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
 // Don't load directly.
 if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) {
-	die( '-1' );
+	exit;
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/wp-admin/edit-form-comment.php b/src/wp-admin/edit-form-comment.php
index e0bbc9f657a73..8d1a7619f1223 100644
--- a/src/wp-admin/edit-form-comment.php
+++ b/src/wp-admin/edit-form-comment.php
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 // Don't load directly.
 if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) {
-	die( '-1' );
+	exit;
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/wp-admin/edit-link-form.php b/src/wp-admin/edit-link-form.php
index a6c919a8c01a4..33e14da3fda4f 100644
--- a/src/wp-admin/edit-link-form.php
+++ b/src/wp-admin/edit-link-form.php
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 // Don't load directly.
 if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) {
-	die( '-1' );
+	exit;
 }
 
 if ( ! empty( $link_id ) ) {
diff --git a/src/wp-admin/edit-tag-form.php b/src/wp-admin/edit-tag-form.php
index 4373c0a67f8b3..a9829d533d16b 100644
--- a/src/wp-admin/edit-tag-form.php
+++ b/src/wp-admin/edit-tag-form.php
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 // Don't load directly.
 if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) {
-	die( '-1' );
+	exit;
 }
 
 // Back compat hooks.
diff --git a/src/wp-admin/link-parse-opml.php b/src/wp-admin/link-parse-opml.php
index ba31fbef83430..6e35780b37957 100644
--- a/src/wp-admin/link-parse-opml.php
+++ b/src/wp-admin/link-parse-opml.php
@@ -6,8 +6,9 @@
  * @subpackage Administration
  */
 
+// Don't load directly.
 if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) {
-	die();
+	exit;
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/wp-admin/menu-header.php b/src/wp-admin/menu-header.php
index dcdf58d6391ce..5cced0ceaed96 100644
--- a/src/wp-admin/menu-header.php
+++ b/src/wp-admin/menu-header.php
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 // Don't load directly.
 if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) {
-	die( '-1' );
+	exit;
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/wp-admin/menu.php b/src/wp-admin/menu.php
index 57d94c75e26f2..2a3430ebc3df8 100644
--- a/src/wp-admin/menu.php
+++ b/src/wp-admin/menu.php
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 // Don't load directly.
 if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) {
-	die( '-1' );
+	exit;
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/wp-admin/network/menu.php b/src/wp-admin/network/menu.php
index ee987c83c64ed..e74dc93452a2a 100644
--- a/src/wp-admin/network/menu.php
+++ b/src/wp-admin/network/menu.php
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 // Don't load directly.
 if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) {
-	die( '-1' );
+	exit;
 }
 
 /* translators: Network menu item. */
diff --git a/src/wp-admin/options-head.php b/src/wp-admin/options-head.php
index c951b77419505..4f350f1247288 100644
--- a/src/wp-admin/options-head.php
+++ b/src/wp-admin/options-head.php
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
 // Don't load directly.
 if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) {
-	die( '-1' );
+	exit;
 }
 
 $action = ! empty( $_REQUEST['action'] ) ? sanitize_text_field( $_REQUEST['action'] ) : '';
diff --git a/src/wp-admin/site-health-info.php b/src/wp-admin/site-health-info.php
index faffb21636827..71d2f9e0099ce 100644
--- a/src/wp-admin/site-health-info.php
+++ b/src/wp-admin/site-health-info.php
@@ -6,8 +6,9 @@
  * @subpackage Administration
  */
 
+// Don't load directly.
 if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) {
-	die();
+	exit;
 }
 
 if ( ! class_exists( 'WP_Debug_Data' ) ) {
diff --git a/src/wp-admin/user/menu.php b/src/wp-admin/user/menu.php
index 587d0ec1762dc..081d9cc9de5f4 100644
--- a/src/wp-admin/user/menu.php
+++ b/src/wp-admin/user/menu.php
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 // Don't load directly.
 if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) {
-	die( '-1' );
+	exit;
 }
 
 $menu[2] = array( __( 'Dashboard' ), 'exist', 'index.php', '', 'menu-top menu-top-first menu-icon-dashboard', 'menu-dashboard', 'dashicons-dashboard' );
diff --git a/src/wp-admin/widgets-form-blocks.php b/src/wp-admin/widgets-form-blocks.php
index c8cf44d8190f1..f854891cb8815 100644
--- a/src/wp-admin/widgets-form-blocks.php
+++ b/src/wp-admin/widgets-form-blocks.php
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 // Don't load directly.
 if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) {
-	die( '-1' );
+	exit;
 }
 
 // Flag that we're loading the block editor.
diff --git a/src/wp-admin/widgets-form.php b/src/wp-admin/widgets-form.php
index 85ace96796555..e47905c5d0099 100644
--- a/src/wp-admin/widgets-form.php
+++ b/src/wp-admin/widgets-form.php
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 // Don't load directly.
 if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) {
-	die( '-1' );
+	exit;
 }
 
 $widgets_access = get_user_setting( 'widgets_access' );
diff --git a/src/wp-content/plugins/hello.php b/src/wp-content/plugins/hello.php
index f820405da93e4..41ecf6e7dca85 100644
--- a/src/wp-content/plugins/hello.php
+++ b/src/wp-content/plugins/hello.php
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@
 Text Domain: hello-dolly
 */
 
-// Do not load directly.
+// Don't load directly.
 if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) {
-	die();
+	exit;
 }
 
 function hello_dolly_get_lyric() {
diff --git a/src/wp-includes/blocks/index.php b/src/wp-includes/blocks/index.php
index 98615ea1ba766..8f2da50bb1da7 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/blocks/index.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/blocks/index.php
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 // Don't load directly.
 if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) {
-	die( '-1' );
+	exit;
 }
 
 define( 'BLOCKS_PATH', ABSPATH . WPINC . '/blocks/' );
diff --git a/src/wp-includes/class-IXR.php b/src/wp-includes/class-IXR.php
index 35657c7c7378f..18cc9cb22550c 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/class-IXR.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/class-IXR.php
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 
 // Don't load directly.
 if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) {
-	die( '-1' );
+	exit;
 }
 
 require_once ABSPATH . WPINC . '/IXR/class-IXR-server.php';
diff --git a/src/wp-includes/class-wp-customize-control.php b/src/wp-includes/class-wp-customize-control.php
index 43f0ac6d4ca64..859958a2f6838 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/class-wp-customize-control.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/class-wp-customize-control.php
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 // Don't load directly.
 if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) {
-	die( '-1' );
+	exit;
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/wp-includes/class-wp-customize-panel.php b/src/wp-includes/class-wp-customize-panel.php
index 4f2cb05b3c362..9607358bd220b 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/class-wp-customize-panel.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/class-wp-customize-panel.php
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 // Don't load directly.
 if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) {
-	die( '-1' );
+	exit;
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/wp-includes/class-wp-customize-setting.php b/src/wp-includes/class-wp-customize-setting.php
index 19732b18ba73a..2586646f7f2e1 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/class-wp-customize-setting.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/class-wp-customize-setting.php
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 // Don't load directly.
 if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) {
-	die( '-1' );
+	exit;
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/wp-includes/class-wp-http.php b/src/wp-includes/class-wp-http.php
index 2a663e11e97e3..323ec83aeca43 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/class-wp-http.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/class-wp-http.php
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 // Don't load directly.
 if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) {
-	die( '-1' );
+	exit;
 }
 
 if ( ! class_exists( 'WpOrg\Requests\Autoload' ) ) {
diff --git a/src/wp-includes/class-wp-simplepie-sanitize-kses.php b/src/wp-includes/class-wp-simplepie-sanitize-kses.php
index 9f0a2279f9647..09f7cfbd5dd1d 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/class-wp-simplepie-sanitize-kses.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/class-wp-simplepie-sanitize-kses.php
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 // Don't load directly.
 if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) {
-	die( '-1' );
+	exit;
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/wp-includes/class-wp-text-diff-renderer-table.php b/src/wp-includes/class-wp-text-diff-renderer-table.php
index e02578da48163..9eca479b617b7 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/class-wp-text-diff-renderer-table.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/class-wp-text-diff-renderer-table.php
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 // Don't load directly.
 if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) {
-	die( '-1' );
+	exit;
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/wp-includes/default-filters.php b/src/wp-includes/default-filters.php
index 3d00e5ae1ba22..de65510d27463 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/default-filters.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/default-filters.php
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 
 // Don't load directly.
 if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) {
-	die( '-1' );
+	exit;
 }
 
 // Strip, trim, kses, special chars for string saves.
diff --git a/src/wp-includes/default-widgets.php b/src/wp-includes/default-widgets.php
index cbb25de8f0a4e..d9f6e73dc7ac1 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/default-widgets.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/default-widgets.php
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 // Don't load directly.
 if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) {
-	die( '-1' );
+	exit;
 }
 
 /** WP_Widget_Pages class */
diff --git a/src/wp-includes/feed-atom.php b/src/wp-includes/feed-atom.php
index 9ee70f895a4c9..7dec79c840d3d 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/feed-atom.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/feed-atom.php
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 // Don't load directly.
 if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) {
-	die( '-1' );
+	exit;
 }
 
 header( 'Content-Type: ' . feed_content_type( 'atom' ) . '; charset=' . get_option( 'blog_charset' ), true );
diff --git a/src/wp-includes/functions.php b/src/wp-includes/functions.php
index 64dce4a159755..9f99ffa124a8f 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/functions.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/functions.php
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 // Don't load directly.
 if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) {
-	die( '-1' );
+	exit;
 }
 
 require ABSPATH . WPINC . '/option.php';
diff --git a/src/wp-includes/media.php b/src/wp-includes/media.php
index 4657b5872eb18..58bac0232b3d9 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/media.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/media.php
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 // Don't load directly.
 if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) {
-	die( '-1' );
+	exit;
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/wp-includes/ms-blogs.php b/src/wp-includes/ms-blogs.php
index 19fc6c1a7613e..c54563fbbd2b8 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/ms-blogs.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/ms-blogs.php
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
 // Don't load directly.
 if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) {
-	die( '-1' );
+	exit;
 }
 
 require_once ABSPATH . WPINC . '/ms-site.php';
diff --git a/src/wp-includes/ms-settings.php b/src/wp-includes/ms-settings.php
index 4f9d9e35792b3..2e3c3dcfa739a 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/ms-settings.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/ms-settings.php
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
 // Don't load directly.
 if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) {
-	die( '-1' );
+	exit;
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/wp-includes/nav-menu-template.php b/src/wp-includes/nav-menu-template.php
index d90fdfa8061ab..fc07e6fd2c79a 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/nav-menu-template.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/nav-menu-template.php
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 // Don't load directly.
 if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) {
-	die( '-1' );
+	exit;
 }
 
 /** Walker_Nav_Menu class */
diff --git a/src/wp-includes/rss-functions.php b/src/wp-includes/rss-functions.php
index 370960cecba5b..9d0628563fe28 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/rss-functions.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/rss-functions.php
@@ -6,8 +6,9 @@
  * @deprecated 2.1.0
  */
 
+// Don't load directly.
 if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) {
-	exit();
+	exit;
 }
 
 _deprecated_file( basename( __FILE__ ), '2.1.0', WPINC . '/rss.php' );
diff --git a/src/wp-includes/update.php b/src/wp-includes/update.php
index b7bf5a03780e7..9f4257ab03da6 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/update.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/update.php
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 // Don't load directly.
 if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) {
-	die( '-1' );
+	exit;
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/wp-includes/vars.php b/src/wp-includes/vars.php
index 38e75781e17ec..05c4baab2d651 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/vars.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/vars.php
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 // Don't load directly.
 if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) {
-	die( '-1' );
+	exit;
 }
 
 global $pagenow,
diff --git a/src/wp-includes/wp-diff.php b/src/wp-includes/wp-diff.php
index e99a001ecb233..de09ff0469895 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/wp-diff.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/wp-diff.php
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
 // Don't load directly.
 if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) {
-	die( '-1' );
+	exit;
 }
 
 if ( ! class_exists( 'Text_Diff', false ) ) {