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Rename XMLRPC

Description

Make XML-RPC work if you rename the file. Some hosts block access to xmlrpc.php file making it impossible to use

Installation

This section describes how to install the plugin and get it working.

  1. Upload rename-xml-rpc.php to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory
  2. Upgrade the filename of the XML-RPC Endpoint in rename-xml-rpc.php (sorry there is not an option page yet!)
  3. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
  4. There is no step 4

Reviews

20 May 2023
I simply renamed the physical file “xmlrpc2.php” (as the default name use in the script) and everything wen’t fine. Thanks a lot!
14 September 2022
This plugin helped me log-in through the Wordpress Android app after it was giving me XML-RPC error. After installing, I changed the xmlrpc file in file manager by simply adding “2”. Thank you, Developer. You may want to update this plugin too.
02 March 2022
Yesterday my server provider migrated servers using now cPanel 100.0.11 Apache 2.4.52 and PHP 7.4. Now Windows Live Writer can’t upload a post anymore. I disabled ModSecurity in cPanel and same problem. Then installed this Rename Xmlrpc and same thing. This plugin does nothing. I’m stuck.
15 February 2021
It’s simple. And it WORKS! This is how EVERY plugin should be. Well done!
28 March 2020
Thanks a lot for this! Rename your xmlrpc file to xmlrpc2 if you dont understand how to edit the plugin. Works with WordPress 5.3.2!
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Contributors & Developers

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Changelog

1.1

Fix the RSD document link by using the renamed filepath