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Remove & Disable XML-RPC Pingback

Prevent pingback, XML-RPC and denial of service DDOS attacks by disabling the XML-RPC pingback functionality.

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Tested up to WordPress 6.3
Current version1.6
WordPress coverageTested up to WordPress 6.3
Minimum stackWP 5.2 · PHP 5.6
Directory statusactive
Last directory update24 Jul 20233y ago
Active installations7K+Adoption metric — not a quality score
WordPress.org rating3.0 / 5 from 6 ratings
Official packageDirect from WordPress.org

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WP PlugIndex currently records Remove & Disable XML-RPC Pingback version 1.6 as active, updated 3y ago and tested up to WordPress 6.3.

Overview

About this plugin

Prevent your WordPress site from participating and being a victim of pingback denial of service attacks. After activation the plugin automatically disables XML-RPC. There’s no need to configure anything.

By disabling the XML-RPC pingback you’ll:

* lower your server CPU usage

* prevent malicious scripts from using your site to run pingback denial of service attacks

* prevent malicious scripts to run denial of service attacks on your site via pingback

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Any WordPress site with Pingback enabled (which is on by default) can be used in DDOS attacks against other sites.

Learn More

  • How To Prevent WordPress From Participating In Pingback Denial of Service Attacks – wptavern.com
  • More Than 162,000 WordPress Sites Used for Distributed Denial of Service Attack – sucuri.net
  • xmlrpc.php and Pingbacks and Denial of Service Attacks, Oh My! – hackguard.com

Is Your Site Attacking Others?

Use Sucuri’s WordPress DDOS Scanner to check if your site is DDOS’ing other websites

Why Not Just Disable XMLRPC Altogether?

Yes, you can choose to do that, but if you use popular plugins like JetPack (that use XMLRPC) then those plugins will stop working. That is why this small plugin exists.

WordPress.org metadata

Plugin tags

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

  • disable ping
  • xml rpc
  • pingback
  • xmlrpc
Compatibility & maintenance

Compatibility & maintenance

Tested up to WordPress 6.3

Not yet marked as tested with WordPress 7.1. WordPress.org currently lists Tested up to 6.3.

Current WordPress releaseWordPress 7.1
WordPress.org Tested up to6.3
Minimum requirementsWordPress 5.2 · PHP 5.6
Update activity24 Jul 20233y ago

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