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
“Tested up to” is directory metadata supplied by the plugin author. WP PlugIndex does not turn an older declaration into a claim that the plugin is incompatible.
Changes recorded by WP PlugIndex
Recent tracked changes
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Tracking & source
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