[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #36055: Filter xmlrpc_enabled only partly works

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#36055: Filter xmlrpc_enabled only partly works
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 Reporter:  markoheijnen       |       Owner:  dd32
     Type:  defect (bug)       |      Status:  assigned
 Priority:  normal             |   Milestone:  4.5
Component:  XML-RPC            |     Version:  2.9
 Severity:  normal             |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  close needs-patch  |     Focuses:  docs
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Comment (by redsweater):

 I appreciate the frustration @markoheijnen expresses about the filter not
 seeming to fulfill its promise, but I definitely agree that preserving the
 status quo in this case is a safer and possibly better choice.

 @markoheijnen Your argument that it only affects people who "disable it"
 is true, but we need also to consider that the chosen granularity of
 "disabling it" has a ripple effect not only on any custom site developer
 who chooses to disable it, but also on plugin developers for example
 security plugins, where the mass disabling of features in WordPress can
 have wide-reaching implications.

 I think it's worthwhile for WordPress to consider the effects of disabling
 filters both when the disable capability is first added, and, as in this
 case, when a proposal is made to change that behavior.

 In summary I agree that changing the behavior of this filter would be
 pulling the rug out of plugin developers and client developers who have
 come to expect a very specific behavior in this case.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/36055#comment:29>
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