WordPress · masteradhoc · Jun 28, 2026
diff --git 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
@@ -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
@@ -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
@@ -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
@@ -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
@@ -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
@@ -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
@@ -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
@@ -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
@@ -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
@@ -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
@@ -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
@@ -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
@@ -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
@@ -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
@@ -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
@@ -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
@@ -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
@@ -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
@@ -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
@@ -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
@@ -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
@@ -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
@@ -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
@@ -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
@@ -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
@@ -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
@@ -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
@@ -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
@@ -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
@@ -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
@@ -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
@@ -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
@@ -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
@@ -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
@@ -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
@@ -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
@@ -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
@@ -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
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
 // Don't load directly.
 if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) {
-	die( '-1' );
+	exit;
 }
 
 if ( ! class_exists( 'Text_Diff', false ) ) {
-Original file line number
+Diff line change
@@ Expand Up / @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ @@
     // Don't load directly.
     if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) {
-    	die( '-1' );
+    	exit;
     }
     /**
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