Joseph Scott

<p>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+.</p>
<p>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>.</p>


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  …

Pascal CESCATO

<p>Secure your site’s XML-RPC by removing some methods, instead of disabling totally XML-RPC, which is needed by some plugins (eg. Jetpack) and some mobile apps.</p>
<h4>Features</h4>
<p>Removes the following methods from XML-RPC interface.</p>
<ul>
<li>system.multicall</li>
<li>system.listMethods</li>
<li>system.getCapabilities</li>
<li>pingback.extensions.getPingbacks</li>
<li>pingback.ping</li>
<li>X-Pingback from HTTP headers</li>
</ul>
<p>This is not perfect, but it will help prerventing attacks</p>
<h4>Requirements</h4>
<ul>
<li>WordPress 5.0 or higher.</li>
</ul>


stop XML-RPC Attacks

Secure your site's XML-RPC by removing some methods, while you can still use XML-RPC.

LibXML2 Fix vs stop XML-RPC Attacks