by cleverplugins 3.3 (6 reviews)

Remove & Disable XML-RPC Pingback

Name: Remove & Disable XML-RPC Pingback
Rating: 3.3 (6 reviews)
Author: cleverplugins

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

Remove & Disable XML-RPC Pingback ranks #2,531 among WordPress.org plugins with 7,000+ active installations, is #103 of 2,881 in the Discussion & Community category, a 3.3/5 rating from 6 reviews, and was last updated Jul 24, 2023. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 6.3 (Current: 7.1)

v1.6 Current Version v1.6

Updated 3 years ago Last Update on 24 Jul, 2023

Refreshed 13 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#103 of 2,881 in Discussion & Community Top 5% by installs No update in over a year

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Rank

#2,531

-2 this week

Active Installs

7K+

-19.2%

KW Avg Position

56.6

0.4 worse

Downloads

94.4K

+12 today

Support Resolved

— No change

Rating

66%

Review 3.3 out of 5

3.3 (6 reviews)

Next Milestone 8K

Total Progress 89.9%

7K+ 8K+

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Reviews & Ratings

3.3

6 reviews

Overall 66%

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3 (50%)

Security History

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Plugin Details

Version: 1.6
Last Updated: Jul 24, 2023
Requires WP: 5.2+
Tested Up To: 6.3
PHP Version: 5.6 or higher
Author: cleverplugins

Support & Rating

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆ 3.3
Reviews: 6
Support Threads: 0
Resolved: 0%

Keywords

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress site owners who want to prevent their site from being used in pingback-based denial of service attacks. It automatically disables the XML-RPC pingback functionality upon activation, requiring no configuration.