Additionally to using htaccess, you can disable the XML-RPC function by adding the following to your child theme’s functions.php
:
# Set XML-RPC features to false
add_filter( 'xmlrpc_enabled', '__return_false' );
add_filter( 'pre_option_enable_xmlrpc', '__return_zero' );
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