Title: Eazy XMLRPC Pingback Disable
Author: Rob Scott
Published: <strong>16. Maj 2015.</strong>
Last modified: 2. Januar 2018.

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It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when
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# Eazy XMLRPC Pingback Disable

 By [Rob Scott](https://profiles.wordpress.org/r0bsc0tt/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/eazy-xmlrpc-pingback-disable.zip)

 * [Details](https://me.wordpress.org/plugins/eazy-xmlrpc-pingback-disable/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://me.wordpress.org/plugins/eazy-xmlrpc-pingback-disable/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://me.wordpress.org/plugins/eazy-xmlrpc-pingback-disable/#installation)
 * [Development](https://me.wordpress.org/plugins/eazy-xmlrpc-pingback-disable/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/eazy-xmlrpc-pingback-disable/)

## Description

The XMLRPC Pingback Ping can potentially be used as part of a DDOS attack.
 If you
do not need the functionality, this plugin will use core functions to disable it.

## Installation

 1. Upload plugin to your WordPress Installation
 2. Activate plugin

## FAQ

  Installation Instructions

 1. Upload plugin to your WordPress Installation
 2. Activate plugin

  What does this plugin do?

This plugin disables the XMLRPC Pingback Ping that is built into WordPress.

## Reviews

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### 󠀁[It works! 🙂](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/it-works-1386/)󠁿

 [Jakours2](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jakours2/) 13. Mart 2018. 2 replies

Thanks! No more server load.

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### 󠀁[Good job but …](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/good-job-but-2/)󠁿

 [Antoine](https://profiles.wordpress.org/btchek/) 3. Septembar 2016. 1 reply

Is this work with the new WP 4.4 REST API header ? cheers

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## Contributors & Developers

“Eazy XMLRPC Pingback Disable” is open source software. The following people have
contributed to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Rob Scott ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/r0bsc0tt/)

[Translate “Eazy XMLRPC Pingback Disable” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/eazy-xmlrpc-pingback-disable)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/eazy-xmlrpc-pingback-disable/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/eazy-xmlrpc-pingback-disable/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/eazy-xmlrpc-pingback-disable/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/eazy-xmlrpc-pingback-disable/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 1.0.1

 * Added pingback.extensions.getPingbacks to remove list, updated tags

#### 1.0.0

 * Initial Release.

## Meta

 *  Version **1.0.1**
 *  Last updated **8 years ago**
 *  Active installations **800+**
 *  WordPress version ** 4.2 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **4.9.29**
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/eazy-xmlrpc-pingback-disable/)
 * Tags
 * [ddos](https://me.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/ddos/)[ping](https://me.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/ping/)
   [pingback](https://me.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/pingback/)[xmlrpc](https://me.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/xmlrpc/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://me.wordpress.org/plugins/eazy-xmlrpc-pingback-disable/advanced/)

## Ratings

 5 out of 5 stars.

 *  [  4 5-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/eazy-xmlrpc-pingback-disable/reviews/?filter=5)
 *  [  0 4-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/eazy-xmlrpc-pingback-disable/reviews/?filter=4)
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 *  [  0 1-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/eazy-xmlrpc-pingback-disable/reviews/?filter=1)

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## Contributors

 *   [ Rob Scott ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/r0bsc0tt/)

## Support

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