What does it mean allow pingbacks and trackbacks?

Pingbacks and trackbacks 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.

What are pingbacks?

A pingback is a special, WordPress-exclusive comment that’s created when you link to another blog post, as long as the other blog is set to accept pingbacks. Similar to comments, pingbacks are a way in which one blogger can link his or her blog to another blog.

What are pingbacks and should I approve them?

The ping backs practically offer no benefits, except for the fact that you come to know that someone has linked to you. As these trackbacks offer no benefits whatsoever, do not approve them on your blog or website. A link is created back to the linking website, if you happen to approve them.

Should I allow pingbacks and trackbacks on my blog?

These days, however, it’s widely recommended that you avoid both techniques. At the end of the day, using WordPress pingbacks and trackbacks tends to result in a lot of spam and wasted time. Even if they can provide a few benefits, there are better ways to drive traffic to your site.

What is trackback spam?

If you have trackbacks enabled, other people can link to your blog on their own sites. While this sounds great, it also means their website, whether legitimate or spammy, is automatically linked in the comments of your blog.

Are pingbacks good?

Quality pingbacks are a great way of handling notifications about page referrals and popularity, providing you’ve got the time and inclination to manage.

How do you make a pingback?

To create a pingback, simply create a link (i.e. clickable text) to another WordPress blog post from within a blog post or a page on your own site. If that post has pingbacks enabled, the blog owner will see a pingback appear in their comments section.

What is a trackback and how does it affect your blogging?

A trackback is a form of “blog conversation” that links two or more relevant blog entries together. One blogger writes an article that references or is relevant to another blog’s article and fills out the trackback section.

How do I turn off trackbacks?

All you need to do is visit Settings » Discussion page and under the default article settings uncheck the box next to ‘Allow link notifications from other blogs (pingbacks and trackbacks)’. This will disable trackback and pingback spam on your new articles.