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disable-xml-rpc-unset-x-pingback

Disable XML-RPC & Unset X-Pingback

This plugin disables XML-RPC API in WordPress 3.5+, which is enabled by default.

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praise review · medium severity · relevance 0.44
Works perfect

Works perfect: users show setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: test xmlrpc lockouts, bot/spam defenses, risky access changes, and incident alerts
Investigate Pain card complete trust and abuse-prevention operations Evidence linked to opportunity
Works perfect Completely disables the XML-RPC endpoint and also removes the “X-Pingback” header.

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Remove & Disable XML-RPC Pingback praise owner · intel 75.0 · weakness 65.5
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stale update history below-average rating support bugs 2 source links Investigate Pain Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: test xmlrpc lockouts, bot/spam defenses, risky access changes, and incident alerts
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Rename XMLRPC praise owner · intel 73.2 · weakness 64.0
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stale update history 12 collected complaint signal(s) compatibility support 2 source links Investigate Pain Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: test xmlrpc lockouts, bot/spam defenses, risky access changes, and incident alerts
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Push Syndication praise owner · intel 71.2 · weakness 62.0
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stale update history 20 collected complaint signal(s) bugs missing feature 2 source links Investigate Pain Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: test xmlrpc lockouts, bot/spam defenses, risky access changes, and incident alerts
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Disable XML-RPC-API praise owner · intel 68.8 · weakness 51.8
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12 collected complaint signal(s) compatibility setup 2 source links Investigate Pain Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: test xmlrpc lockouts, bot/spam defenses, risky access changes, and incident alerts
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Disable XML-RPC praise owner · intel 68.7 · weakness 51.7
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23 collected complaint signal(s) compatibility missing feature 2 source links Investigate Pain Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: test xmlrpc lockouts, bot/spam defenses, risky access changes, and incident alerts
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WP Login Door praise owner · intel 55.4 · weakness 39.8
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stale update history 2 collected complaint signal(s) support bugs 2 source links Proof Blocked Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: test security lockouts, bot/spam defenses, risky access changes, and incident alerts
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REST XML-RPC Data Checker praise owner · intel 54.1 · weakness 37.9
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stale update history 1 collected complaint signal(s) missing feature support 2 source links Proof Blocked Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: test security lockouts, bot/spam defenses, risky access changes, and incident alerts
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Control XML-RPC publishing praise owner · intel 42.3 · weakness 35.3
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stale update history 1 source link Proof Blocked Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: test security lockouts, bot/spam defenses, risky access changes, and incident alerts
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praise Works perfect (5 stars) review · 2016-05-23T00:15:52+00:00 · medium severity · xmlrpc

Works perfect: users show setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Works perfect Completely disables the XML-RPC endpoint and also removes the “X-Pingback” header.
setup reliable quality trust and abuse-prevention operations Investigate Pain card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: test xmlrpc lockouts, bot/spam defenses, risky access changes, and incident alerts
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