RSFirewall! vs Remove XML-RPC Methods

The RSFirewall! WordPress plugin is the optimal solution for securing your website, helping you stay one step ahead of malicious users that wish to harm your website. The plugin is backed by a team of professionals with a long history in website security that are up to date with the latest known vulnerabilities and security updates. RSFIREWALL FREE VERSION FEATURES: Free WordPress Firewall for your website Active protections against local file and remote file inclusion attacks SQL injection protections ReCAPTCHA for registration, login and commenting forms Filter uploaded files for possible malware and improper extensions Active monitoring WordPress core files integrity Active monitoring for your own files XML-RPC blocking REST API blocking with proper exceptions that you can define Protect the wp-admin/ slug with an extra password Change the wp-admin/ slug into a custom one Disallow direct access to PHP files in (wp-content, wp-content/uploads, wp-includes) with proper exceptions that you can define Receive email notifications on detected threats Automatically block repeated offenders IP addresses Perform a System check (WordPress and server configuration checks) Disable the creation of new Administrator accounts RSFIREWALL PAID VERSION FEATURES: Two Factor Authentication Country blocking Convert email addresses to images Protect forms from abusive IPs File integrity check Convert email addresses from plain text to images More control over the system check Whitelist blocked PHP files Protect admin users from changes 3rd Party services RSFirewall! will compare the MD5 hash of files with the original ones from the WordPress installation package. If differences are found (ie files have been modified) RSFirewall! upon request can download the original files from the GitHub synchronised repository of WordPress: https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/ All connections are made with wp_remote_get and the following information will be sent along with the request: – WordPress version – WordPress user agent along with your WordPress website address – Your server’s IP address

Removes all WordPress methods from the XML-RPC API to increase security. It does more than just using the xmlrpc_enabled hook, because that is only used “To disable XML-RPC methods that require authentication”. Activating this plugin will also disable pingbacks, trackbacks, and Really Simple Discovery (RSD), because these rely on XML-RPC. It works with any webserver, because it does not use the .htaccess file. Testing the plugin From the command line you can test if the plugin is working correctly using curl. Replace the example.com link to match your website: curl -d ' system.listMethods ' https://example.com/xmlrpc.php This should only return the following methods: – system.multicall – system.listMethods – system.getCapabilities