Title: Blocking XMLRPC.PHP issue.
Last modified: January 21, 2019

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# Blocking XMLRPC.PHP issue.

 *  [divernzon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/divernzon/)
 * (@divernzon)
 * [7 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/blocking-xmlrpc-php-issue/)
 * Hi,
 * We are wondering if your plugin uses XMLRPC.PHP ? I ask because we have been 
   advised to block this in our .htaccess file with this code:
 * <Files xmlrpc.php>
    order deny,allow deny from all </Files>
 * ….If we do this, will it cause any issues with your plugin? We have been advised
   that this is a good thing to do for security.
 * Regards,
    Harold

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 * Last activity: [7 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/blocking-xmlrpc-php-issue/)
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