Disable XML-RPC-APIv2.1.7
A simple and lightweight plugin to disable XML-RPC API, X-Pingback and pingback-ping in WordPress 3.5+ for a faster and more secure website
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Auto-Close keeps your site clean by automatically closing comments, pingbacks, and trackbacks—so you can focus on content, not cleanup.
Hide Trackbacksv1.1.8
Prevents trackbacks and pingbacks from showing up as comments on posts.
Detects internal links in posts and automatically inserts a pingback-style comment on each linked post. No XML-RPC required.
No Self Pingv1.2.1
Keeps WordPress from sending pings to your own site.
SiteGuard WP Pluginv1.8.10
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Webmentionv5.11.0
Send and receive Webmentions in WordPress.