Ping “https://” or “https://” ?

Moved to Fixing WordPress.

If the site supports https:// then use that. If not, then use https://.

Jan, I didn’t explained myself correctly or you missed the point. I’m referring to ping servers like:

https://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping
https://blogsearch.google.com/ping/RPC2
https://ping.feedburner.com
https://rpc.icerocket.com:10080
https://services.newsgator.com/ngws/xmlrpcping.aspx
https://api.feedster.com/ping.php
https://rpc.pingomatic.com
https://rpc.weblogs.com/RPC2

Sorry, I had a lack of coffee. I did get what you meant but I didn’t reply clearly. Also almost all of those services are dead or don’t matter anymore. ??

That list is for pinging services to announce your post. Since the post is public I don’t see any harm in using the http for the service that still remains. It’s not like you’re passing confidential or sensitive information and your own URLs that are sent can be https.

“Also almost all of those services are dead or don’t matter anymore. ??”

Really?

The following is the list included in WP 4.9.8 (At first glance only two are missing from the list above: https://services.newsgator.com/ngws/xmlrpcping.aspx and https://rpc.icerocket.com:10080):

https://api.feedster.com/ping
https://api.moreover.com/ping
https://api.moreover.com/RPC2
https://blo.gs/ping.php
https://blogsearch.google.com/ping/RPC2
https://bulkfeeds.net/rpc
https://geourl.org/ping
https://ipings.com
https://ping.blo.gs/
https://ping.feedburner.com
https://ping.syndic8.com/xmlrpc.php
https://ping.weblogalot.com/rpc.php
https://rpc.blogrolling.com/pinger/
https://rpc.pingomatic.com
https://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping
https://rpc.twingly.com
https://rpc.weblogs.com/RPC2
https://www.blogdigger.com/RPC2
https://www.blogshares.com/rpc.php
https://www.blogsnow.com/ping
https://www.blogstreet.com/xrbin/xmlrpc.cgi
https://www.feedsubmitter.com
https://www.newsisfree.com/xmlrpctest.php
https://www.pingerati.net
https://www.pingmyblog.com
https://www.weblogalot.com/ping