9. Be selective with XML-RPC

XML-RPC is an utility program interface (API) that’s been round for a whereas. It’s utilized by a variety of plugins and themes, so we warning the much less technical to be aware of how they implement this particular hardening tip.

Whereas purposeful, disabling can come at a price. Because of this we don’t advocate disabling for every part, however being extra selective on how and what you enable to entry it. In WordPress, should you use Jetpack you’ll need to be extra careful right here.

There are a variety of plugins that enable you be very selective in the best way you implement and disable XML-RPC by default.