Mark-k

With WordPress version 3.5 remote publishing via XML-RPC became permanently active. This plugin simulates the functionality in versions 3.4 and before. Once active, XML-RPC functioning is disabled, and it can be enabled or disabled again in the “Settings” >> “Writing” admin page.

Control XML-RPC publishing

Control remote publishing with XML-RPC from the writing settings page.

Joseph Scott

Work around for some versions of libxml2 2.7.x that strip out brackets when parsing XML. This plugin fixes XML-RPC requests that are mangled because of this problem. The real fix for this (making the use of this plugin unnecessary) is to use PHP 5.2.9+ with libxml2 2.7.3+.
For more information about this problem see <a href="https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/7771" rel="nofollow ugc">https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/7771</a>.

LibXML2 Fix

Work around for some versions of libxml2 2.7.x that strip out brackets when parsing XML.  This plugin fixes XML-RPC requests that are mangled because  …

Control XML-RPC publishing vs LibXML2 Fix