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# hellok38

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 *   Forum: [WordPress Mobile App](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/mobile/)
   
   In reply to: [Unable to add self-hosted site in iPhone app](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/unable-to-add-self-hosted-site-in-iphone-app/)
 *  Thread Starter [hellok38](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hellok38/)
 * (@hellok38)
 * [1 year, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/unable-to-add-self-hosted-site-in-iphone-app/#post-18422577)
 * Thank you for the help [@gautam23](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gautam23/)
   and [@alinclamba](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alinclamba/). Adding the`
   xmlrpc.php` in the website root directory as [@gautam23](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gautam23/)
   suggested worked! A few things to note:
    1. I did enter `https://mysite.com/wordpress` when I tried to add the site originally.
       Shouldn’t the app know to call `https://mysite.com/wordpress/xmlrpc.php`?
    2. A previous version of the iPad app didn’t need `xmlrpc.php` in the website root
       directory. Presumably it worked with xmlrpc.php in the subdirectory. Going back
       to that behavior would be welcome.
    3. I’d love to disable XML-RPC but it sounds like the WordPress mobile app still
       uses XML-RPC 10 years after the REST API was introduced. I don’t have the Jetpack
       plugin installed on my site. Is there another mobile app that uses the REST 
       API? I only use the app to monitor and reply to comments, not to publish or 
       edit posts.
 *   Forum: [WordPress Mobile App](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/mobile/)
   
   In reply to: [WordPress Mobile App – since Update not Enter your existing website address](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-mobile-app-since-update-not-enter-your-existing-website-address/)
 *  [hellok38](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hellok38/)
 * (@hellok38)
 * [1 year, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-mobile-app-since-update-not-enter-your-existing-website-address/#post-18415717)
 * I have the same problem with the iPhone app. I have a self-hosted site. The files
   are in a ‘wordpress’ subdirectory but the site URL is the website’s root.
 * If I add the self-hosted site in the iPhone app as `https://mysite.com`, I get
   this error before I’m prompted for a login and a password:
 * > “Couldn’t connect. Required XML-RPC methods are missing on the server. Please
   > contact your hosting provider to solve this problem.”
 * If I add the self-hosted site in the iPhone app as `https://mysite.com/wordpress`,
   I get prompted for a login and a password, which suggests it’s the right URL,
   but I get this error after entering the login and the password:
 * > “Unable to read the WordPress site at that URL. Tap ‘Need more help?’ to view
   > the FAQ.
 * Previously installed and configured WordPress app on an iPad is still working
   for the same self-hosted site. Apparently a previous version of the app worked
   fine in adding the site and the latest version still works once the site is added
   to the app. This error only comes in the new version of the app when adding a
   new site.
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[Login Security Captcha] Code change suggestion for V3](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/code-change-suggestion-for-v3/)
 *  Thread Starter [hellok38](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hellok38/)
 * (@hellok38)
 * [4 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/code-change-suggestion-for-v3/#post-15499818)
 * Thank you for the fast release. May I offer another suggestion? Most of the bot
   submissions have g-recaptcha-response set to an empty string. We don’t need to
   verify with Google to know it’s invalid. If we add a check for the empty token,
   we save a call to Google and also avoid filling the error log with repeated bot
   submissions.

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