Can’t Enable XML-RPC Posting

Hi, I’ve got the same problem than lilkeith here on top. Also a subdomain, worship.bergtee.co.za. After I clicked Save Changes on the bottom of the Settings/writing screen it then goes to All Settings page. Some of the fields says SERIALISED DATA. Then when i click on Save Changes
the following is given:

Forbidden
You don’t have permission to access /wp-admin/options.php on this server.

Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.

I am the administrator of the site, so I shouldn’t have troubles with any access rights(?) Well please help, coz it’s very frustrating. And it’s only on the Settings/Writing options. Accessed the different plugin settings and Media Settings without any problems.

Thanks, Louw

+1

Same problem enabling XML-RPC (i.e. I can’t!) but on a top-level blog. I’ve tried disabling all plugins, and even reverted to the most basic of themes (default), just in case it was doing something funny.

Still no luck, and all Googles point here.

<sniff>

OK, fixed my problem (can’t enable XML-RPC). I launched phpMyAdmin and looked at the options table.

I then manually set the value of enable_xmlrpc to 1, then refreshed my cache.

All working now, but what a PITA!

OK, fixed my problem (can’t enable XML-RPC). I launched phpMyAdmin and looked at the options table.

I then manually set the value of enable_xmlrpc to 1, then refreshed my cache.

All working now, but what a PITA!

Yes this worked for me! Thank you so much!

Hi guys, I managed to enable it in the above mentioned way and when I enter the settings-writing options it shows that it is enabled. I unfortunately still can’t access the blog with any client, Raven/moblog(mobile),post2blog. Raven is the only one that provides details about the problem. It still says forbidden to access the xmlrpc.php . Even if i just type the address https://worship.bergtee.co.za/xmlrpc.php I get a forbidden message. I’m starting to think that it is the site management software that is blocking access to it. Can anyone shed some light on this matter? thanks again, Louw

zoundry.blogpub.xmlrpc.xmlrpcserverimpl.ZXmlRpcException: {ZBlogServerException[‘blogger.getUsersBlogs’ type:XMLRPC Protocol Error, code:403 msg:Forbidden(worship.bergtee.co.za/xmlrpc.php)]}

login your wordpress as admin, go to setting/writing, under Remote publishing. Enable XML-RPC as explained in following. You should good to go.

To post to WordPress from a desktop blogging client or remote website that uses the Atom Publishing Protocol or one of the XML-RPC publishing interfaces you must enable them below.

Atom Publishing Protocol: Enable the Atom Publishing Protocol.
XML-RPC: Enable the WordPress, Movable Type, MetaWeblog and Blogger XML-RPC publishing protocols.

Tony
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i’m having the same problem. my blog is installed in a subdirectory on a root domain. i try to push the ENABLE checkbox from the settings/writing category, and i receive an error message every time. i am not familiar with myphpadmin, can someone explain how i would go about using this to modify the setting manually? or is there another method i need to use?

i am trying to enable this function to use the “wordpress for iphone” app.

What’s the error message?

A few things to try to help pin down where the problem might be:
– Disable all plugins and try to enable XML-RPC again
– If it starts working again enable one plugin at a time and go back after each one to try and enable XML-RPC. This should indicate which plugin is causing the problem

– If it still doesn’t work switch to the default theme and try to enable XML-RPC again

We need to gather enough information to reproduce this problem, until then we are just shooting in the dark.

thanks for the reply joseph! the error message was:
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“Not Acceptable

An appropriate representation of the requested resource /brandonmetcalf/wp-admin/options.php could not be found on this server.

Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.”
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i will try to go through and disable the plugins first and see if that works.

before i change the theme, i have a couple questions. 1. if i change the theme, will it save all my options so that i can switch back to it and have it all be the same? 2. if it is the theme that is preventing me from enabling this option, does that mean i won’t be able to use this theme at all? or will i be able to enable it, then switch back to this theme and have everything work that way?

thanks in advance for the replies!

That 404 error makes it sound like an error in the setup of the web server. Are you able to save/update any options on that page?

Your theme should be saving options in the database, so that shouldn’t be a problem.

If it is a problem with the theme then you should contact the theme author to let him/her know that it’s causing problems.

well, it wasn’t the theme either.

i can change some of the options on the settings page. for example, i was able to enable the atom publishing protocol (the option right above the xml one).

any ideas?

That is exceptionally odd. Is there anything in your web server error logs to hint at what’s going on?

I’ll give you odds that it’s mod_security interfering.

A lot of hosts have poor setups for mod_security. Many of these actively block anything with “xmlrpc” in it. So when it tries to send the name of the option to enable, wham, blocked.

My advice: Beat your host about the head with a trout until they capitulate.

If hosts have setup mod_security to blog anything with ‘xmlrpc’ in it that would be very frustrating.

@bmetcalf – if this turns out to be the case then give them a double dose of Otto42’s advice.

i just sent an email to our server host to see what’s up. will keep you guys posted on the result! thanks for everyones help.