This file is a legacy artifact included in WordPress by default to support , a now-discontinued desktop blogging application from Microsoft.
It allows desktop applications to automatically discover the necessary APIs (like XML-RPC) to publish content to a blog. {keyword}/wp-includes/wlwmanifest.xml
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