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: | 6.0.7 |
Plugin version: | 1.0 |
Added to WordPress repository: | 02-06-2016 |
Last updated: | 14-06-2022 |
Rating, %: | 60 |
Rated by: | 4 |
Plugin URI: | http://www.brainvire.com |
Total downloads: | 45 793 |
Active installs: | 9 000+ |
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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.
Features
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.
- Enable XML-RPC based on IP list.
- Disable XML-RPC based on IP list.
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