Title: Remove & Disable XML-RPC Pingback Author: cleverplugins Published: மார்ச் 18, 2014 Last modified: ஜூலை 24, 2023 --- நீட்சிகளை தேடுங்கள் ![](https://ps.w.org/remove-xmlrpc-pingback-ping/assets/banner-772x250.png?rev=877225) This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress. ![](https://ps.w.org/remove-xmlrpc-pingback-ping/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=2065246) # Remove & Disable XML-RPC Pingback By [cleverplugins](https://profiles.wordpress.org/cleverplugins/) [பதிவிறக்கு](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/remove-xmlrpc-pingback-ping.1.6.zip) * [Details](https://ta.wordpress.org/plugins/remove-xmlrpc-pingback-ping/#description) * [Reviews](https://ta.wordpress.org/plugins/remove-xmlrpc-pingback-ping/#reviews) * [Installation](https://ta.wordpress.org/plugins/remove-xmlrpc-pingback-ping/#installation) * [Development](https://ta.wordpress.org/plugins/remove-xmlrpc-pingback-ping/#developers) [உதவி](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/remove-xmlrpc-pingback-ping/) ## விளக்கம் 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 From sucuri.net: > 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](http://wptavern.com/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](http://blog.sucuri.net/2014/03/more-than-162000-wordpress-sites-used-for-distributed-denial-of-service-attack.html)– sucuri.net * [xmlrpc.php and Pingbacks and Denial of Service Attacks, Oh My!](http://hackguard.com/xmlrpc-php-ping-backs-hackers-denial-service-attacks)– hackguard.com #### Is Your Site Attacking Others? Use [Sucuri’s WordPress DDOS Scanner](http://labs.sucuri.net/?is-my-wordpress-ddosing) 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. ## Screenshots * [[ * Postman: Without the plugin installed * [[ * Postman: With the plugin installed ## Installation #### Using The WordPress Dashboard 1. Navigate to the ‘Add New’ in the plugins dashboard 2. Search for ‘Remove XMLRPC Pingback Ping’ 3. Click ‘Install Now’ 4. Activate the plugin on the Plugin dashboard #### Uploading in WordPress Dashboard 1. Navigate to the ‘Add New’ in the plugins dashboard 2. Navigate to the ‘Upload’ area 3. Select `remove-xmlrpc-pingback-ping.zip` from your computer 4. Click ‘Install Now’ 5. Activate the plugin in the Plugin dashboard #### Using FTP 1. Download `remove-xmlrpc-pingback-ping.zip` 2. Extract the `remove-xmlrpc-pingback-ping` directory to your computer 3. Upload the `remove-xmlrpc-pingback-ping` directory to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory 4. Activate the plugin in the Plugin dashboard ## அடிக்கடி கேட்கப்படும் கேள்விகள் ### Is My Site Attacking Others? It could be! Use [Sucuri’s WordPress DDOS Scanner](https://labs.sucuri.net/?is-my-wordpress-ddosing) to check if your site is DDOS’ing other websites ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aa1d80e1e2b3737baf8abb7067d1ce2711c7df9ffa720525841e8ac2a69012a2? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[So many annoying admin notices …](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/so-many-annoying-admin-notices/)󠁿 [mklusak](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mklusak/) டிசம்பர் 1, 2021 1 reply I am removing this plugin from my sites, because WP admin is constantly full of huge “join our newsletter” (…) admin notices. Yeah, no, thank you … ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/ca84b7cc8545707bca092d1fe0dcadc0b8063cc91a85632fdd00e6b5e28586fa? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Just what I needed](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/just-what-i-needed-1051/)󠁿 [Ben Roberts](https://profiles.wordpress.org/bouncingsprout/) டிசம்பர் 10, 2020 Great plugin, super easy to install and just sits there doing it’s job. Very light as well, so has no effects that I could see, on site speed or memory usage. Can’t think of a reason why you wouldn’t be using this to be honest. Thanks for developing it! ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/f6d83c88833b7cfb0e8cdc1d053effd6656baaafba8b60f620eeaf4d37ae637e? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Not working](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/not-working-3457/)󠁿 [Kekeli](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ka2id/) டிசம்பர் 1, 2020 1 reply Still getting a ton of login attempts ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/6ebfbb4579691f04cb48955a06f567525aec599099529b9aaab94866fc4b5337? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Great plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/great-plugin-21479/)󠁿 [kayasch](https://profiles.wordpress.org/kayasch/) ஏப்ரல் 9, 2019 It was beneficial, helped me a lot! ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/5be9c7cc61a32161185e2efabf3690e600756f7445d9b3944c3b761a7762c9ad? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[No longer effective](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/no-longer-effective/)󠁿 [skyhound](https://profiles.wordpress.org/skyhound/) செப்டம்பர் 3, 2016 Unfortunately, it looks like this plugin is not effective anymore as I’ve had a few sites attacked with this plugin installed. Trying to manage though .htaccess now. Wish someone would write something new to fix this. [ Read all 7 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/remove-xmlrpc-pingback-ping/reviews/) ## பங்களிப்பாளர்கள் & உருவாக்குனர்கள் “Remove & Disable XML-RPC Pingback” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. பங்களிப்பாளர்கள் * [ cleverplugins ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/cleverplugins/) * [ Lars Koudal ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/lkoudal/) [Translate “Remove & Disable XML-RPC Pingback” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/remove-xmlrpc-pingback-ping) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/remove-xmlrpc-pingback-ping/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/remove-xmlrpc-pingback-ping/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/remove-xmlrpc-pingback-ping/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/remove-xmlrpc-pingback-ping/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 1.6 * 2023/07/24 * Added filter to check for and remove ‘X-Pingback’ header if necessary. * Added settings page * Tested up to WP 6.2 #### 1.5 * Code hardening. * Verified compatibility with WP 5.9.3 #### 1.4 * New: Added a count under “Settings -> General” to see number of blocked attempts. * Tested up to WP 5.8 * Added newsletter admin notice. * Code hardening. #### 1.3 * 2020/09/21 * Cleaned up code * Added counter for number of times the pingback method was blocked. * Tested with WP 5.5.1 * 28,595 downloads #### 1.1 * 2019/04/09 * version bump #### 1.0.0 * First release ## Meta * Version **1.6** * Last updated **3 வருடங்கள் முன்பு** * Active installations **9,000+** * WordPress version ** 5.2 அல்லது மேல் ** * Tested up to **6.3.8** * PHP version ** 5.6 அல்லது மேல் ** * Language * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/remove-xmlrpc-pingback-ping/) * Tags * [ping](https://ta.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/ping/)[pingback](https://ta.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/pingback/) [xml-rpc](https://ta.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/xml-rpc/)[xmlrpc](https://ta.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/xmlrpc/) * [Advanced View](https://ta.wordpress.org/plugins/remove-xmlrpc-pingback-ping/advanced/) ## மதிப்பீடுகள் 3 out of 5 stars. * [ 3 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/remove-xmlrpc-pingback-ping/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 0 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/remove-xmlrpc-pingback-ping/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/remove-xmlrpc-pingback-ping/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/remove-xmlrpc-pingback-ping/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 3 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/remove-xmlrpc-pingback-ping/reviews/?filter=1) [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/remove-xmlrpc-pingback-ping/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/remove-xmlrpc-pingback-ping/reviews/) ## பங்களிப்பாளர்கள் * [ cleverplugins ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/cleverplugins/) * [ Lars Koudal ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/lkoudal/) ## உதவி Got something to say? 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