Is XML-RPC still a security risk?

yes it is a security risk. Should it be disabled? most likely. Is it a OMG BBQ type of emergency? no. If you have strong passwords for your accounts, it is not more of a security risk than the login form. It is a pointless security risk in the sense that it provides an additional … Read more

XMLRPC won’t connect?

Instead of using XMLRPC which isn’t available on some hosts, use the REST API instead. Send a HTTP POST request to the posts endpoint containing a JSON object with your desired post, with an authentication header. To do this, we’re going to need an authentication plugin ( standard WP only supports nonce + cookie which … Read more