10 Best Disable XML-RPC-API Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Disable XML-RPC-API has 100,000+ active installs on WordPress.org. These 10 plugins share its category or its tags on WordPress.org, are actively maintained, and each has at least 100 active installs. They are ordered by how closely they match, not by our opinion.
The 10 closest alternatives to Disable XML-RPC-API
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BackWPup – WordPress Backup & Restore Plugin
4.0 (1,321) 400,000+ active installsBack up, restore, and protect your WordPress website with automated backups, cloud storage, one-click recovery, and AI-assisted backup management.
About 4 times the installs, last updated 4 days ago.
- 2
Kadence Security
Paid version availableKadence Security – Password, Two Factor Authentication, and Brute Force Protection
4.6 (3,990) 700,000+ active installsHarden your site security with Login Security, Two-Factor Authentication (2FA), Vulnerability Scanner, Firewall, and more. Formerly iThemes Security.
About 7 times the installs, last updated July 27, 2026.
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Sucuri Security – Auditing, Malware Scanner and Security Hardening
4.2 (384) 600,000+ active installsThe Sucuri WordPress Security plugin is a security toolset for security integrity monitoring, malware detection and security hardening.
About 6 times the installs, last updated July 7, 2026.
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Password Protected
Paid version availablePassword Protected — Lock Entire Site, Pages, Posts, Categories, and Partial Content
4.4 (139) 300,000+ active installsProtect your WordPress site, pages, posts, WooCommerce products, and categories with single or multiple passwords.
About 3 times the installs, last updated July 30, 2026.
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All-In-One Security (AIOS) – Security and Firewall
4.7 (1,715) 1 million+ active installsProtect your website investment with All-In-One Security (AIOS) – a comprehensive and easy to use security plugin designed especially for WordPress.
About 10 times the installs, last updated 25 days ago.
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Limit Login Attempts Security – Login Security, 2FA, Firewall, Brute Force Prevention
4.8 (1,481) 1 million+ active installsWordPress login security with brute force protection, Two-factor authentication (2FA/MFA), firewall, IP/country blocking, and login monitoring
About 10 times the installs, last updated 6 days ago.
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Forminator Forms
Paid version availableForminator Forms – Contact Form, Payment Form & Custom Form Builder
4.8 (2,121) 600,000+ active installsBest WordPress form builder plugin. Create contact forms, payment forms & order forms with 1000+ integrations.
About 6 times the installs, last updated 11 days ago.
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ElementsKit Elementor Addons – Advanced Widgets & Templates Addons for Elementor
4.9 (2,037) 1 million+ active installsJoin millions who empower their websites with ElementsKit Elementor Addons. Get templates, & 100+ widgets like header-footer, mega menu, custom widget
About 10 times the installs, last updated today.
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Security Optimizer – The All-In-One Protection Plugin
4.5 (157) 1 million+ active installsSecure your WordPress site from brute-force attacks, threats, malware, and bots. Free to use and easy to set up.
About 10 times the installs, last updated 10 days ago.
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SureForms – Contact Form Builder, AI Forms, Payment Form, Survey & Quiz
4.9 (91) 500,000+ active installsAI form generator and WordPress form builder for contact and Stripe payment forms, with surveys and quizzes in SureForms Business.
About 5 times the installs, last updated 5 days ago.
Switching from Disable XML-RPC-API: common questions
What is the best alternative to Disable XML-RPC-API?
BackWPup is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 400,000+ active installs with a 4.0 out of 5 rating.
Which Disable XML-RPC-API alternative has the most users?
Security and Firewall, with 1 million+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Disable XML-RPC-API alternative is rated highest?
ElementsKit Elementor Addons, rated 4.9 out of 5 by 2,037 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these Disable XML-RPC-API alternatives free?
Every plugin listed here is free to install from WordPress.org. Where WordPress.org marks a plugin as commercial, the developer also sells a paid version or add-ons, and that is shown on each plugin.
How are alternatives chosen?
Automatically, from WordPress.org data: plugins that share a category top 10 with Disable XML-RPC-API score highest, then plugins that appear in the same WordPress.org rankings, then plugins with the same tags, weighted so rare tags count more than common ones. Plugins by the same author and plugins rated under 4.0 are left out.
How we choose these alternatives
Nothing on this page is picked by hand. Every day we walk the whole WordPress.org directory, then score every plugin against Disable XML-RPC-API on three signals: sharing a category top 10 counts most, then appearing in the same WordPress.org rankings, then carrying the same tags, with rare tags counting for more than common ones like "wordpress". Plugins by the same author are excluded, so an author's own add-ons cannot fill the list, and so is anything rated below 4.0 or with fewer than 100 active installs. The ten highest scores are what you see, in that order. Full methodology.
The bottom line
BackWPup is the closest match to Disable XML-RPC-API by the data we track, and Security and Firewall has the widest reach with 1 million+ active installs. ElementsKit Elementor Addons shipped the most recent release, on September 6, 2026. The list is rebuilt every day from WordPress.org, so a plugin that stops being maintained drops out on its own.
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