Failed to locate XML-RPC API

paulgsybrandy · Member · Jul 13, 2021 at 4:29 pm
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As I was attempting to link my Gravatar profile to my WordPress Blog, it gave me this error and steps to fix it:

Failed to locate XML-RPC API
Something went wrong when trying to locate the XML-RPC API on your blog. Please log into your WordPress admin panel, then go to Settings > Writing > Remote Publishing and check the box next to ‘Enable the WordPress, Movable Type, MetaWeblog and Blogger XML-RPC publishing protocols.’

However, when I went to my Settings, then to Writing, there was no Remote Publishing section or link. I spent nearly an hour looking for it to no avail. Does anyone know where I can find Remote Publishing, or even better, how to fix this entire issue? Many thanks in advance!

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staff-blorbo · Staff · Jul 13, 2021 at 5:39 pm
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What is the URL of the site you’re trying to link?
paulgsybrandy · Member · Jul 13, 2021 at 5:54 pm
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My WordPress blog which is http://thethoughtsofamiddleageddad.wordpress.com
staff-blorbo · Staff · Jul 13, 2021 at 6:00 pm
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Ah, for that one choose the “Add WordPress.com Site” option at https://en.gravatar.com/profiles/edit#your-links not “Add Website”
paulgsybrandy · Member · Jul 13, 2021 at 7:04 pm
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I’m sorry I may have stated it incorrectly. I have my WordPress listed on my Gravatar profile but I am instead trying to link my WordPress account to my Verified Services.
staff-totoro · Staff · Jul 13, 2021 at 10:14 pm
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Hmm I may not be understanding that. What is “Verified Services” in this case. can you tell us more about what you are trying to set up? Are you following online instructions they are recommending? If so can you share with us a link to the instructions you are following for verification so we can take a closer look?

Thanks for the additional info!
paulgsybrandy · Member · Jul 13, 2021 at 10:42 pm
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Okay so when you have a Gravatar you can list any sites you belong to. I have my wordpress blog listed as you can see here:

WordPress is listed

But they also give you the option, for a few services, to add verified accounts kind of like what Twitter and Facebook and Instagram does as you can see in the next two screenshots:

Verified services listed in menu

How you add verified services

So, I hope you understand from the visual. I added one verified service since obtaining my account but figured I would add my WordPress blog as well since there are not many verified services anyways, I should use the ones I do have.

Thanks in advance for your assistance.
staff-blorbo · Staff · Jul 13, 2021 at 11:09 pm
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Ah, sorry, that’s because this is particularly for self-hosted WordPress.org sites, not WordPress.com sites.

To clear up any confusion, WordPress.com and WordPress.org are two different entities: https://wordpress.com/support/com-vs-org/

To add a WordPress.com site, use https://en.gravatar.com/profiles/edit#your-links
paulgsybrandy · Member · Jul 13, 2021 at 11:29 pm
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Yet, this is an option plainly listed under Gravatar in which I was referred to through my control panel on my WordPress (.com) site.
staff-blorbo · Staff · Jul 13, 2021 at 11:35 pm
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In this case, “WordPress” under Verified Services specifically refers to sites using the WordPress software from https://wordpress.org

We’ll see if we can get the folks behind Gravatar to clear that up.

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