Enable/Disable XML-RPC for all / specific IPs / disable for specific IPs
| Author: | brainvireinfo (profile at wordpress.org) |
| WordPress version required: | 4.0 |
| WordPress version tested: | 6.7.1 |
| Plugin version: | 1.0.2 |
| Added to WordPress repository: | 02-06-2016 |
| Last updated: | 02-12-2024 |
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You can now disable XML-RPC to avoid Brute force attack for given IPs or can even enable access for some IPs. XML-RPC on WordPress is actually an API that gives developers who build mobile apps, desktop apps and other services, the ability to talk to a WordPress site. The XML-RPC API that WordPress provides gives developers, a way to write applications (for you) that can do many of the things that you can do when logged into WordPress via the web interface.
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Block XML-RPC by following way.
- Disable pingback.ping, pingback.extensions.getPingbacks and Unset X-Pingback from HTTP headers, that will block bots to access specified method.
- Disable/Block XML-RPC for all users.
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