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Is Disable XML-RPC Pingback still maintained?

Its last release was 9 months ago. Still alive, slower.

Maintenance
SLOWING
still alive, slower — last release 2025-11-24.
Active installs
60k
as the directory reports it, in buckets — a floor rather than a count.
Rating
3.9★
from 14 ratings. no support threads to resolve.

This measures maintenance, not quality. A small, finished plugin that genuinely needed no changes in three years grades ABANDONED here and may still be the right choice. What the grade tells you is whether anyone is there if something breaks.

By Samuel Aguilera, tested up to WordPress 6.8.8. Listing on wordpress.org.

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