WLW and WordPress Invalid Server Response

I have been trying to use Windows Live Writer Beta 2 to post to my wordpress blog but to no avail!

I’d keep getting this error:

Windows Live Writer was not able to automatically detect your blog: Invalid Server Response – The response to the blogger.getUsersBlogs method received from the weblog server was invalid: Invalid response document returned from XmlRpc server

I have just found this solution; add to .htaccess file

<Files xmlrpc.php>
SecFilterInheritance Off
</Files>

Done! It’s all good now.

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11 Comments so far »

  1. Windows Live Writer vs WordPress Problem | Blog Jang Maman said,

    Wrote on July 16, 2007 @ 1:20 pm

    [...] Solution: Add the following lines of code to your .htaccess file contained in WordPress installation folder where the xmlrpc.php file also resides. Thanks Alpesh. [...]

  2. Nirmal said,

    Wrote on September 4, 2007 @ 2:03 pm

    Alpesh,
    I too had same problem. For configuring WLW its asking the path fro xmlrpc.php file. What do I give here?
    http:////xmlrpc.php
    I have added the code you have given to .htaccess file.
    Please help me.

  3. Nirmal said,

    Wrote on September 4, 2007 @ 2:45 pm

    When I add the path as http://www.nirmaltv.com/xmlrpc.php, then it gives error 405, method not allowed.

  4. Alpesh said,

    Wrote on September 5, 2007 @ 10:32 am

    Nirmal,
    Where is .htaccess have you added this code?

    It should be after

  5. Nirmal said,

    Wrote on September 5, 2007 @ 3:23 pm

    I cant see the code you have written, can you please mail me the instructions?

  6. Windows Live Writer + Wordpress: Problemas e Soluções | Shigatsu.Net Da Yo! said,

    Wrote on September 24, 2007 @ 4:40 am

    [...] Solução: Adicione as linhas a seguir no código do arquivo .htacess contido na pasta onde sua instação de Wordpress reside, juntamente do xmlrpc.php. Agradecimentos a Alpesh. [...]

  7. uis said,

    Wrote on December 1, 2008 @ 2:37 am

    what about wordpress.com blog?

    I have been trying to use Windows Live Writer 2 to post to my wordpress.com blog but to no avail!

    I’d keep getting this error:

    Windows Live Writer was not able to automatically detect your blog: Invalid Server Response – The response to the blogger.getUsersBlogs method received from the weblog server was invalid: Invalid response document returned from XmlRpc server

  8. c0d3r said,

    Wrote on February 13, 2009 @ 4:14 pm

  9. eavasi said,

    Wrote on July 17, 2009 @ 9:00 am

    Не помогает этот ваш код, после его вставки в .htaccess сайт вобще перестал работать.

  10. alpesh said,

    Wrote on July 17, 2009 @ 8:06 pm

    Kind Regards,

    Alpesh Nakar

    alpesh@nakars.com

  11. XMLRPC Invalid Server Response | SETUIX.com said,

    Wrote on September 27, 2009 @ 10:44 pm

    [...] Another solution by Alpash Nakers is to add the following lines in your .htaccess [...]

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