Title: /xmlrpc.php not blocked?
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# /xmlrpc.php not blocked?

 *  Resolved [Alwin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wp-opti/)
 * (@wp-opti)
 * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/xmlrpcphp-not-blocked/)
 * I wonder why an hit at mydomain/xmlrpc.php is showed as being a “Bot” in Live
   Traffic view, and why it is not automatically blocked by Wordfence?
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 *  [wfasa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wfasa/)
 * (@wfasa)
 * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/xmlrpcphp-not-blocked/#post-7285299)
 * Hello Alwin,
    there are legit uses for that file so I don’t think Wordfence should
   block all access to it by default. You can add it to the “Immediately block IP’s
   that access these URLs:” setting in Wordfence options if you like. Then all attempts
   to access it will be blocked.
 *  Thread Starter [Alwin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wp-opti/)
 * (@wp-opti)
 * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/xmlrpcphp-not-blocked/#post-7285307)
 * Thank you, I understand how this works now!

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 * Last reply from: [Alwin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wp-opti/)
 * Last activity: [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/xmlrpcphp-not-blocked/#post-7285307)
 * Status: resolved