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Remove XML-RPC Methods

Remove all WordPress methods from the XML-RPC API to increase security.

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Tested up to WordPress 7.1
Current version1.4.2
WordPress coverageTested up to WordPress 7.1
Minimum stackWP 4.6 · PHP 5.4.0
Directory statusactive
Last directory update18 Aug 20262mo ago
Active installations1K+Adoption metric — not a quality score
WordPress.org rating5.0 / 5 from 3 ratings
Official packageDirect from WordPress.org

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WP PlugIndex currently records Remove XML-RPC Methods version 1.4.2 as active, updated 2mo ago and tested up to WordPress 7.1.

Overview

About this plugin

Removes all WordPress methods from the XML-RPC API to increase security. It does more than just using the xmlrpc_enabled hook, because that is only used “To disable XML-RPC methods that require authentication”.

Activating this plugin will also disable pingbacks, trackbacks, and Really Simple Discovery (RSD), because these rely on XML-RPC.

htaccess file.

Testing the plugin

From the command line you can test if the plugin is working correctly using curl. com link to match your website:

php

This should only return the following methods:

multicall

listMethods

getCapabilities

WordPress.org metadata

Plugin tags

Topics listed for this plugin in the WordPress.org directory.

  • xml rpc
  • security
  • xmlrpc
Compatibility & maintenance

Compatibility & maintenance

Tested with WP 7.1

Marked as tested with the current WordPress 7.1 release.

Current WordPress releaseWordPress 7.1
WordPress.org Tested up to7.1
Minimum requirementsWordPress 4.6 · PHP 5.4.0
Update activity18 Aug 20262mo ago

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