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Wordpress supports the xml-rpc protocol, which is a way for third party software to communicate with the WP admin, for instance to create or delete posts. The protocol is a favourite target of hackers.

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xmlrpc, pingbacks: how do they work in wordpress? is pingback functionality through xmlrpc restricted to specific domains, IPs? I am testing the functionality trying to ping between two wordpress ...
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ruby 2.6.6 ubuntu 24.04 WordPress 6.8.1 I have a Ruby script that uses XML-RPC to post articles to my blogs. In the Ruby world, XMLRPC does not work over HTTPS; it only works over HTTP. However, the ...
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Just downloaded wordpress latest, using LAMP (Apache2/MariaDB and PHP8.2) and curling it returns this curl http://localhost:80/wordpress/xmlrpc.php; echo XML-RPC server accepts POST requests only. ...
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I am trying to get WordPress categories using XML-RPC method and it's working fine on my local as well as sandbox environment but not on production. I am using c# for the same and here is the code. ...
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I am testing disabling XML-RPC on WP 6.2.2 via the following snippet: add_filter('xmlrpc_enabled', '__return_false'); But that isn't working. I can still access xmlrpc.php fine. I tried to add it in ...
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Is XML-RPC still a security risk? Should it always be disabled if there is no use case for it? Let's say starting at WP Version 5.9.1.
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I have tried a couple of go-to plugins, but I still get a response from XML-RPC. Is there something specific that needs to be done in a multisite installation? Plugins tested: Disable XML-RPC Pingback ...
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I've been searching about it and came across with this snippet code, will it disable safely the xml-rpc? // set below line to false in /public_html/xmlrpc.php ... define( 'XMLRPC_REQUEST', true ); ......
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My websites are hosted on a shared instance. They face regular xmlrpc DDoS. I've tried to put in place several mitigation practices to block those attacks : Installed a dedicated extension that ...
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I am trying to disable xmlrpc.php by using a plugin and also by using .htaccess. But it doesn't seem to be working, when I hit example.com/xmlrpc.php I still get the following: XML-RPC server accepts ...
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I use OpenLitespeed server with multiple Wordpress installation and want to restrict external access to some files, only allowing server itself to access them (for example to call cron), so: What I ...
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I am using the latest version of Wordpress and trying to run a simple PHP script to create a wordpress post but unfortunately it isn't working. I am using Cloudflare plus have a webhost that is ...
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I manage a WordPress website using an virtual machine in the cloud, and lately, I noticed a lot of unwanted requests to the xmlrpc.php component that are slowing down the site causing high CPU loads. ...
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I'm new to Wordpress and I'm not a developer. I'm running an IFTT applet that posts a WordPress post each time I upload a new video on my Youtube Channel. There is a bug with IFTT. It often posts the ...
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I am hoping to get some tips for troubleshooting this annoying timeout issue. Configuration: Windows 2012 R2 with IIS PHP 7.3 MySQL 5.7 Wordpress.org 5.3.2 WP is configured as network with 5 sites ...
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