{"id":5127,"date":"2018-05-15T10:30:23","date_gmt":"2018-05-15T10:30:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.truehost.co.ke\/support\/?post_type=ht_kb&#038;p=5127"},"modified":"2024-06-21T08:31:49","modified_gmt":"2024-06-21T08:31:49","password":"","slug":"enable-disable-ping-back-trackback-wordpress","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/knowledge-base\/enable-disable-ping-back-trackback-wordpress\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Enable and Disable ping-back and trackback in WordPress."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s very important to have your website connect to other websites and these two bits of help do that.<\/p>\n<p>They are link notifications that enable you to keep track of when other sites link to your content. When these notifications are enabled, they appear in the comments section of your posts.<\/p>\n<p>Although they are very important, they can easily be misused by bots and others malicious actors, therefore, they should remain disabled unless you\u2019re very sure of what you want to achieve.<\/p>\n<p>These are the steps to enable or disable pingbacks and trackbacks:<\/p>\n<p>Log in to WordPress as the administrator.<\/p>\n<p>In the left pane of the dashboard, click\u00a0Settings, and then click\u00a0Discussion.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5128\" src=\"https:\/\/www.truehost.co.ke\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/discussion.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"209\" height=\"188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/discussion.png 209w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/discussion-50x45.png 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 209px) 100vw, 209px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In the\u00a0Default article settings\u00a0section:<\/p>\n<p>To enable pingbacks and trackbacks, select the\u00a0Allow link notifications from other blogs (pingbacks and trackbacks)\u00a0check box.<\/p>\n<p>To disable pingbacks and trackbacks, clear the\u00a0Allow link notifications from other blogs (pingbacks and trackbacks)\u00a0check box.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5129\" src=\"https:\/\/www.truehost.co.ke\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/default-300x68.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"68\" srcset=\"https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/default-300x68.png 300w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/default-768x173.png 768w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/default-50x11.png 50w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/default-600x135.png 600w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/default-320x72.png 320w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/default.png 777w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Click\u00a0Save Changes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s very important to have your website connect to other websites and these two bits of help do that. 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