- I didn’t actually try this one (misdirection!) but it could be your issue. Shared hosting can block access to the
/xmlrpc.phpfile. This plugin can help you get around that.
https://wordpress.org/plugins/rename-xml-rpc/
Be sure to also follow the installation instructions: https://wordpress.org/plugins/rename-xml-rpc/#installation php-xmlrpcis not installed.sudo apt-get install php-xmlrpc. Thensudo service apache2 restart. Not my issue, but kept on looking.php-xmlnot installed.sudo apt-get install php-xml. Thensudo service apache2 restart. This was my issue!
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