@manton OK, I did some digging. I first saw this mentioned in the release notes for ClassicPress 2.3.0. However, the petition to remove XMLRPC was actually shelved. Sorry for raising false alarms.
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@manton OK, I did some digging. I first saw this mentioned in the release notes for ClassicPress 2.3.0. However, the petition to remove XMLRPC was actually shelved. Sorry for raising false alarms.