This plugin updates the WordPress XML-RPC API to leverage the latest features of WordPress and move beyond the historical Blogger/metaWeblog/MT APIs.
As of April 2026, XML-RPC Modernization is a WordPress api plugin with 90 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 2 reviews. It has been downloaded 6.5K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.3+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2012. Last updated 13 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: WP Consent API.
This plugin brings XML-RPC API enhancements from the WordPress 3.4 release to previous versions
of WordPress (3.3 and earlier). It also adds new user management methods.
It is derived from Prasath Nadarajah’s GSoC ’11 project to expand WordPress’ web services,
although the exposed API methods are not compatible (different parameter names/types/orders).
New Methods:
3.5 Methods for pre-3.5 sites:
| WordPress | 3.3+ requiredTested up to 3.5.2 |
| PHP | false+ required |
…and 4 more changes
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