Wordpress 2.6 will have new security features. One of them is disabling the default APP and XMLRPC publishing.

According to the Wordpress enhancement note "In order to protect the majority of blogs which don’t use these protocols against any possible security vulnerabilities we should disable them by default."

This is similar to the idea that registration is disabled by default. As an FYI, this feature is already disabled in other blogging softwares like Typepad. But Wordpress will allow publishers to change the Remote Publishing option manually for individual blogs. Blogger, the blogging platform from Google still continues to support default remote publishing.

What does it mean to publishers & bloggers? Simply put it means that publishers who wish to post on their Wordpress blogs have to use the web interface provided by the blog’s Admin panel. You have to physically log into your Wordpress blog (even if you are hosting it, or its hosted by Wordpress.com) & then write your blog.

It also means that people who have been publishing their articles on multiple blogs by using desktop based softwares like Microsoft Live Writer or BlogJet can no longer use them as-is. The APP and XMLRPC publishing option has to be turned ON by the publisher for individual blogs to allow remote access.

If your blogs are hosted on Google’s Blogger / Blogspot, you can still continue to publish multiple blogs with Windows Live Writer or BlogJet.

Reference: The enhancement details are posted on Wordpress development tracker .

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