Title: Disconnected from wordpress.com
Last modified: August 24, 2016

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# Disconnected from wordpress.com

 *  Resolved [Leneopedersen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/leneopedersen/)
 * (@leneopedersen)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/disconnected-from-wordpresscom/)
 * I was trying to get my twitter account publicized correct at first, and read 
   in one of the threads that I should try to disconnect to wordpress.com.
 * Then I tried disconnecting to wordpress.com, but now I cannot connect again! 
   I am getting an error message, that my site have to be public before connecting.
   My site has been up and running since January, so I am not quite sure what to
   do. I have been using Jetpack for quite a while, but have had trouble with the
   twitter account updating correctly. Now I am not able to connect to jetpack and
   wordpress.com again. Can any body help, pls?
 * I’ll wait patiently until Jetpack staff return:)
 * Lene
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/jetpack/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/jetpack/)

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 *  Thread Starter [Leneopedersen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/leneopedersen/)
 * (@leneopedersen)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/disconnected-from-wordpresscom/#post-6006644)
 * forgot link to my site
 * [http://historieland.dk](http://historieland.dk)
 * Lene
 *  Plugin Author [Jeremy Herve](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jeherve/)
 * (@jeherve)
 * Jetpack Mechanic 🚀
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/disconnected-from-wordpresscom/#post-6006771)
 * 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](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.
 *  Thread Starter [Leneopedersen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/leneopedersen/)
 * (@leneopedersen)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/disconnected-from-wordpresscom/#post-6006774)
 * 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
 *  Plugin Author [Jeremy Herve](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jeherve/)
 * (@jeherve)
 * Jetpack Mechanic 🚀
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/disconnected-from-wordpresscom/#post-6006838)
 * Akismet would not qualify as a security plugin here. What other plugins are currently
   active on your site?
 *  Thread Starter [Leneopedersen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/leneopedersen/)
 * (@leneopedersen)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/disconnected-from-wordpresscom/#post-6006839)
 * 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
 *  Plugin Author [Jeremy Herve](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jeherve/)
 * (@jeherve)
 * Jetpack Mechanic 🚀
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/disconnected-from-wordpresscom/#post-6006841)
 * > 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://wordpress.org/plugins/disable-xml-rpc-pingback/](https://wordpress.org/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.
 *  Thread Starter [Leneopedersen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/leneopedersen/)
 * (@leneopedersen)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/disconnected-from-wordpresscom/#post-6006845)
 * Thanks, I’ll try that. And see, what it says.
 * Many thanks.

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 * Last reply from: [Leneopedersen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/leneopedersen/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/disconnected-from-wordpresscom/#post-6006845)
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