Title: xmlrpc.php xml-rpc
Last modified: September 1, 2020

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# xmlrpc.php xml-rpc

 *  Resolved [terry777](https://wordpress.org/support/users/terry777/)
 * (@terry777)
 * [5 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/xmlrpc-php-xml-rpc/)
 * Does Akismet make use of xmlrpc.php at all? I want to disable it, as it is taking
   up resources, but want to make sure that all plugins do not need it.
 * thanks.

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 *  Plugin Author [Christopher Finke](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cfinke/)
 * (@cfinke)
 * [5 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/xmlrpc-php-xml-rpc/#post-13346124)
 * No, Akismet does not use xmlrpc.php, so you should be free to disable it.
 *  Thread Starter [terry777](https://wordpress.org/support/users/terry777/)
 * (@terry777)
 * [5 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/xmlrpc-php-xml-rpc/#post-13347268)
 * Thanks for the quick reply!

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 * Last reply from: [terry777](https://wordpress.org/support/users/terry777/)
 * Last activity: [5 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/xmlrpc-php-xml-rpc/#post-13347268)
 * Status: resolved