Remove & Disable XML-RPC Pingback
by cleverplugins · Uncategorized
Prevent pingback, XML-RPC and denial of service DDOS attacks by disabling the XML-RPC pingback functionality.
Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,380 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Trailing 30-day total · the growth curve wp.org stopped showing
Directory rank
Popularity rank over time · lower is better
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
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 “8K+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2015-09-06 · 1,388 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-06-13 9K+ → 8K+ down after 221 days in band
- 2025-11-04 10K+ → 9K+ down
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Eazy XMLRPC Pingback Disable 800+ installs · 4.2★ · 3 shared tags D -
Disable XML-RPC-API 100K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags B -
Disable XML-RPC Pingback 60K+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags B -
No Self Ping 10K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags B -
Remove XML-RPC Methods 1K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags B - C Control XML-RPC publishing 400+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D
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