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wp.getUsersBlogs XMLRPC Brute Force Attack/Vulnerability

After the holiday weekend, one of the larger sites I manage had a brute force attack on it. The attacker was attempting to ...

May 10, 2022
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Store source permalink on XMLRPC calls

In a theme I’m developing, I need to link to the source post when the post has been stored using XMLRPC. That implies ...

May 10, 2022
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XML-RPC: Add category to post data

I have a service that puts a daily post to my blog via XML-RPC. It doesn’t offer me any control of what category ...

May 10, 2022
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PHP XMLRPC for WordPress: Adding meta tags and description

I have been trying to add WordPress posts by XMLRPC calls. The code is working but the tags and categories are not setting. ...

May 10, 2022
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X-Pingback and XMLRPC

According to old post: How to secure WordPress XMLRPC?, every API require authentication. So, what is the point of adding X-Pingback in every ...

May 8, 2022
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How do I know if my site is using the xmlrpc.php file?

I have taken over a website where I work that was developed by a previous employee, it seems that recently this site has ...

May 7, 2022
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Extending xml rpc – best practice

I need to add custom methods to the Xml-Rpc file and have found the following: // Custom plugins add_filter('xmlrpc_methods', 'custom_xmlrpc_methods'); function custom_xmlrpc_methods($methods) { ...

May 6, 2022
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custom XMLRPC method plus authentication of user & WooCommerce order

I’m working with a custom XML-RPC method to capture some information for a plugin I am building. When activated the user has to ...

May 5, 2022
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Set default custom post type for XML-RPC

So now that it is possible to work with Custom Post Types over XML-RPC, has anyone figured out a way to set the ...

May 5, 2022
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Does blocking xmlrpc.php affect pinging update services like pingomatic

Because there are a lot of attacks lately on xmlrpc.php, I want to block access to this file or disable it. I am ...

May 5, 2022
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