Active installations60K+Adoption metric — not a quality score
WordPress.org rating3.9 / 5 from 14 ratings
Official packageDirect from WordPress.org
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WP PlugIndex currently records Disable XML-RPC Pingback version 1.2.2 as active, updated 11mo ago and tested up to WordPress 6.8.
Overview
About this plugin
Stops abuse of your site’s XML-RPC by simply removing some methods used by attackers. While you can use the rest of XML-RPC methods.
e. Mobile apps or some Jetpack’s modules).
The original one.
Simple and effective.
No marketing buzz.
Maintained and updated when needed since 2014.
100% compliant with WordPress coding standards which makes it fail safe.
60,000+ active installations can’t be wrong.
If you’re happy with the plugin please don’t forget to give it a good rating, it will motivate me to keep sharing and improving this plugin (and others).
Features
Removes the following methods from XML-RPC interface.
pingback.ping
pingback.extensions.getPingbacks
X-Pingback from HTTP headers. This will hopefully stops some bots from trying to hit your xmlrpc.php file.
Requirements
WordPress 3.8.1 or higher.
WordPress.org metadata
Plugin tags
Topics listed for this plugin in the WordPress.org directory.
xml rpc
ddos
pingback
Compatibility & maintenance
Compatibility & maintenance
Tested up to WordPress 6.8
Not yet marked as tested with WordPress 7.1. WordPress.org currently lists Tested up to 6.8.
Current WordPress releaseWordPress 7.1
WordPress.org Tested up to6.8
Minimum requirementsWordPress 4.8 · PHP 5.6
Update activity24 Nov 202511mo ago
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Changes recorded by WP PlugIndex
Recent tracked changes
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Tracking & source
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