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Remove XML-RPC Methods

by Walter Ebert · Security

Remove all WordPress methods from the XML-RPC API to increase security.

⚠ Few reviews
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83 Health · B
Maintenance 97
Rating quality 76
Support 70

Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,380 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

-24%
Oct 22
Jul 26

30-day downloads

Trailing 30-day total · the growth curve wp.org stopped showing

Directory rank

Popularity rank over time · lower is better

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 “1K+”. The real number sits in this band.

tracked estimate
1K–2K ≈1.9K

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

Install history · since 2020-09-21 · 1,379 observations

Details

Version
1.4.2
Last updated
4mo ago
Added
2020-02-10
Requires WP
4.6
Tested up to
7.0.1
Requires PHP
5.4.0

Growth timeline

Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow

  1. 2023-03-29 700+ → 1K+ up after 50 days in band
  2. 2023-02-07 600+ → 700+ up after 91 days in band
  3. 2022-11-08 700+ → 600+ down after 14 days in band
  4. 2022-10-25 600+ → 700+ up after 2 days in band
  5. 2022-10-23 700+ → 600+ down after 1 days in band
  6. 2022-10-22 600+ → 700+ up

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Remove XML-RPC Methods: 1K+ active installs, 5.0★ (2 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-15. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/wee-remove-xmlrpc-methods