pingbacks only showing up in admin area

  • I used to have Spam Karma installed but disabled it. Since then, zero pingbacks have been showing up on my blog posts. They only show up in the admin area.

    I have comments set up that all new commenters must be approved.

    Is there a setting that I need to change so that pingbacks will show on the blog itself?

    -E Morris

    WinXP, firefox 3.0.17

    etherwork.net/blog (this is purposely left unlinked, in order to keep spammers at bay)

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  • Thread Starter ejm

    (@llizard)

    Excuse me for replying to myself…

    It turns out that I had not updated the comments.php on my customized theme to the newer version. I have now fixed it, using the current wp classic comments.php as a template.

    However, the trackbacks are STILL not showing up. Could this be because I have the gatekeeper plugin installed? I have placed the gatekeeper coding between the textarea and the submit comment button on the comment form:

    <p><?php do_action('comment_form', $post->ID); ?>
<textarea name="comment" id="comment" cols="100%" rows="10" tabindex="4"></textarea></p>

<?php gatekeeper_pose_challenge(); ?>

<p><input name="submit" type="submit" id="submit" tabindex="5" value="<?php esc_attr_e('Submit Comment'); ?>" />
<input type="hidden" name="comment_post_ID" value="<?php echo $id; ?>" />
</p>

    Is the gatekeeper challenge causing the trackbacks and pingbacks to fail?

    Thank you for any help.

    -E Morris wp2.8.6

    Thread Starter ejm

    (@llizard)

    I have just upgraded to wp2.9.1 in hopes that this will fix the problem.

    This is the coding I have placed on my comments page.

    <p><?php do_action('comment_form', $post->ID); ?>
<textarea name="comment" id="comment" cols="100%" rows="10" tabindex="4"></textarea></p>

<?php if ( is_user_logged_in() ) : ?>
<?php else : ?>
<p>&nbsp;<small>Please confirm you are a real person [required]</small></p>
<?php endif; ?>
<?php gatekeeper_pose_challenge(); ?>

    If anyone is out there, please do let me know if I’ve placed the gatekeeper coding in the wrong spot so that the misplacement is causing the trackback/pingbacks to fail to be displayed.

    E Morris, wp2.9.1

    etherwork.net/blog/ (intentionally left unlinked to deter spammers from harvesting the link. I don’t want MORE spammers….)

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