Jetpack uses your site’s XML-RPC file to communicate with WordPress.com. Unfortunately I cannot make any requests to that file at the moment:
https://gist.github.com/jeherve/e75dd5ad1d297d600e8f
If you use a security plugin to block access to the file, you’ll need to configure it to allow incoming and outgoing connections to /xmlrpc.php.
If you do not use such plugin, you’ll want to contact your hosting provider and ask them if they currently block access to your site’s XML-RPC file.
I hope this helps. Please get in touch again if you have any questions.
Is a security plugin e.g. Akismet plugin? I use Akismet, but I am not sure how to configure it to allow connection to /xmlrpc.php.
Thanks,
Lene
Akismet would not qualify as a security plugin here. What other plugins are currently active on your site?
I spoke with my web host and they told me, that they have disconnected the file /xmlrpc.php due to hacker attacks. This file is apparently flooding the system with 100.000 try outs a day, trying to log into accounts.
My web host have connected it again – just my site. But I wanted to ask if there is any other possible way to connect to jetpack other than this file?
I haven’t managed to get connected to jetpack again, yet – because now it says it is down for maintainence. But I hope it will work later on:)
Lene
This file is apparently flooding the system with 100.000 try outs a day, trying to log into accounts.
My web host have connected it again – just my site.
I would recommend that you install this plugin on your site:
https://ww.wp.xz.cn/plugins/disable-xml-rpc-pingback/
You will then be able to use Jetpack, while blocking most of these attacks since they often use XML-RPC pingback requests.
Thanks, I’ll try that. And see, what it says.
Many thanks.
