5 Best Stop XML-RPC Attacks Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Stop XML-RPC Attacks has 6,000+ active installs on WordPress.org. These 5 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 5 closest alternatives to Stop XML-RPC Attacks
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WP fail2ban
Closest matchWP fail2ban – Advanced Security
4.2 (71) 60,000+ active installsWP fail2ban uses fail2ban to protect your WordPress site.
Shares the Brute Force, security tags on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, no update since April 29, 2025.
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4.2 (95) 8,000+ active installsIt blocks spam posts, login attempts and malicious access to the back-end requested from the specific countries, and also prevents zero-day exploit.
Shares the Brute Force, security tags on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, no update since January 22, 2019.
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4.3 (24) 2,000+ active installsSlim version of Jetpack unlinked from WordPress.com :) Supercharge your self-hosted wp site even you're NOT WP.COM users.
Shares the jetpack tag on WordPress.org. About a third of the installs, no update since November 28, 2017.
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4.5 (35) 20,000+ active installsSave each change and get back online fast with one-click restores. The most proven WordPress backup plugin with over 270 million backups.
Shares the jetpack tag on WordPress.org. About 3.3 times the installs, last updated 26 days ago.
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4.6 (29) 10,000+ active installsHelps you to know your website's visitors by tracking their login related information like login/logout time, country, browser and many more.
Shares the Brute Force tag on WordPress.org. About 1.7 times the installs, last updated March 17, 2026.
Switching from Stop XML-RPC Attacks: common questions
What is the best alternative to Stop XML-RPC Attacks?
WP fail2ban is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 60,000+ active installs with a 4.2 out of 5 rating.
Which Stop XML-RPC Attacks alternative has the most users?
WP fail2ban, with 60,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Stop XML-RPC Attacks alternative is rated highest?
IP Geo Block, rated 4.2 out of 5 by 95 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these Stop XML-RPC Attacks 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 Stop XML-RPC Attacks 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 Stop XML-RPC Attacks 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
WP fail2ban is the closest match to Stop XML-RPC Attacks by the data we track, and WP fail2ban has the widest reach with 60,000+ active installs. Jetpack VaultPress Backup shipped the most recent release, on August 11, 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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