Richard Vencu

This plugin extends the default XML-RPC server API with one new method for specifying author and parent post of remotely uploaded attachment files.
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<li>preserved backward compatibility with the basic method wp.uploadFile</li>
<li>simple usage, just replace with wp_extended.uploadFile and add 2 OPTIONAL parameters to the data struct: author (string, user_id of author) and parent (string, post_id of parent post)</li>
<li>without the optional parameters the new method is identical in behaviour with the basic method found in WordPress API of XML-RPC</li>
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XML-RPC Extended Media Upload

This plugin extends the default XML-RPC server API with one new method for specifying author and parent post of remotely uploaded attachment files.

tildemark

This plugin will completely disable or deactivate XML-RPC on your WordPress installation. This will prevent any brute force attacks to your website using XML-RPC.
By using the plugin, it will remove your ability to post using XML-RPC protocol, which means no more,
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<li>post ping backs, </li>
<li>remote post from WordPress mobile app, </li>
<li>remote post from windows live writer, </li>
<li>and other applications that requires XML-RPC.</li>
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Deactivate XML-RPC on WordPress

This plugin will completely disable or deactivates XML-RPC on your WordPress installation. This will prevent any brute force attacks to your website u …

XML-RPC Extended Media Upload vs Deactivate XML-RPC on WordPress