Deactivate XML-RPC on WordPress
by tildemark · Security
This plugin will completely disable or deactivates XML-RPC on your WordPress installation. This will prevent any brute force attacks to your website u …
41 health vs 63 average across 634 Security plugins
High removal-risk signals
63/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Long abandoned. No update in 11+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.2.39, well behind 6.8.
Directory ranking optimization
How it's scored →How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.
Under-optimized
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 4083 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
34
now · peak 96
Directory rank vs rivals
wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you
Downloads per 1k installs · 30d
Engagement proxy · release spikes are signal, a long slide is an aging base
Estimated active installs
wp.org reports only “200+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,380 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2025-01-04 300+ → 200+ down after 1 days in band
- 2025-01-03 200+ → 300+ up after 17 days in band
- 2024-12-17 300+ → 200+ down after 3 days in band
- 2024-12-14 200+ → 300+ up after 1 days in band
- 2024-12-13 300+ → 200+ down after 1 days in band
- 2024-12-12 200+ → 300+ up after 1 days in band
- 2024-12-11 300+ → 200+ down after 471 days in band
- 2023-08-28 400+ → 300+ down
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Simple XML-RPC Disabler 20+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags D -
Simple XML-RPC Pingback Disabler 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags D -
Disable XML-RPC Pingback 60K+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags B -
Remove & Disable XML-RPC Pingback 8K+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags D -
Stop XML-RPC Attacks 6K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags A -
Remove XML-RPC Methods 1K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags B
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