Automatically disable legacy Update Services (XML-RPC ping)

[claytoncollie]

Is your enhancement related to a problem? Please describe.

The "Update Services" feature (Settings → Writing) pings a list of URLs whenever a post is published. This is obsolete—most ping services like Technorati are defunct, and search engines now use sitemaps and direct crawling.

Leaving this enabled creates unnecessary outbound HTTP requests on every publish. The wp-framework should clear/disable this by default.

Designs

No response

Describe alternatives you've considered

• Clearing the default ping list on theme/plugin activation
• Filtering ping_sites to return an empty array
• Hiding the UI field entirely

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