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Thanks a ton Marcel.

Hey Daniel – thanks! I had to ditch the custom post type solution for this client in the end so I’m good to go as is, but will look forward to the CPT support. Definitely one of the best added-functionality plug-ins out there. Cheers.

I should also mention that the scripts loaded into the head section are loading EC3 first and MM Forms last hence the reason EC3 breaks and MM Forms does not.

Better late than never. I just found this one. Just create a new bookmark on your bookmark bar and then edit the code changing the domain name to the domain name of your WP installation.

javascript:void(linkmanpopup=window.open('https://YourWordpressSiteHere.com/wp-admin/link-add.php?action=popup&linkurl='+escape(location.href)+'&name='+escape(document.title),'LinkManager','scrollbars=yes,width=750,height=550,left=15,top=15,status=yes,resizable=yes'));linkmanpopup.focus();window.focus();linkmanpopup.focus();

CORRECTION -> after updating my test blog to 2.7.1, pings to my real blog are now working. This would be scenario #1 above where you simply cite another blog post using the permalink in the body of your own entry.

Leisegang can you list your plug-ins for us? If your pings work AFTER disabling all your plug-ins then that says one of those plug-ins has something to do with this. Many people are having trouble with pings right now. You might have part of the answer if we can identify which plug-in might be messing with this.

This issue appears to have two sides… either your blog isn’t sending the ping or their blog isn’t receiving it OR it’s a combination of both depending on how you’re citing them or they’re citing you.

This is what my testing has revealed so far using three different WP blogs on 2.7.1 (on Dreamhost servers) and it also assumes pings/TBs are enabled on the blog/post and that we’re all smart enough to check the moderation/spam queue.

1. Citing someone else’s post using their permalink in the body of your own post does not appear to ping the original blog. No “already pinged” message and no ping received.

2. Citing someone else’s post using their permalink in the “Send trackbacks to” entry field successfully sends a ping, but the original blog does not receive it. This may not be instantaneous however.

3. Citing someone else’s post using their trackback URL in the “Send trackbacks to” entry field successfully sends a ping AND the original blog receives it. The trackback may go into moderation.

Is this what you all have found to be true?

I’m a bit farther along than checking the spam queue. The ping never even gets through to WP. If you trackback, as I mentioned, using the trackback URL (which has /trackback/ appended to it), the ping gets through just fine. Use any of my permalinks and you get nothing. Your blog will say “already pinged” but I will never see one piece of evidence at my blog that you tracked back to me.

I have tested this extensively with my other blogs. Feel free to test ping any of my articles using either method. My domain is shown in the URL I posted originally. I just turned on moderation because of this so I’ll see if a ping actually makes it but your trackback won’t actually show up due to moderation.

Thanks for the help. Let me know if you have any insights. You might also want to read my original article about the first half of this problem that was already solved:

https://ahjira.com/2009/03/wordpress-trackbacks-dont-work/

Trackback to that one as a test if you want. Try the permalink first and then let me know when your blog says pinged. I’ll check mine.

Will all you guys check to see if you’ve installed a custom function that may be causing this issue? I found that on my site, I had installed a spam killer function that was featured in Smashing Magazine and that hosed up my trackbacks. The article at SM might have coincided with the release of 2.7.1 causing the confusion but I’m not sure.

More info: https://ahjira.com/2009/03/wordpress-trackbacks-dont-work/

I still have the problem however, that no one can track back to me using my permalinks. The only way you can track back to me is if you append /trackback/ to my post URL :-/

I’ve experienced this as well. If you’re using the permalink to trackback, try appending /trackback/ to the URL. I’m trying to figure out why my own blog will only accept trackbacks that way. Also, I’ve had to hit the update button on my entry a couple times to get the trackback to take. Eventually it will take if the receiving blog can accept them using the URL you’ve specified.

GoDaddy has the worst user interface in the history of mankind. I highly recommend NOT using them. And you’re right – anyone that can afford 3 million for a SB ad is over-charging you. I moved from them to Dreamhost and now I’m happy as a clam. Great customer service as well.

Sorry one more thing… supposedly people should be able to send a trackback to your using your post’s permalink OR the trackback URL, but I found that is NOT true at my blog. Only the trackback URL will work on my articles. What’s the difference? Trackback URL’s are your permalink PLUS /trackback/ at the end.

So make sure you provide the trackback URL via the trackback_url() tag in your theme if that’s the case for you.

Guillaume I found the problem so hopefully this is your problem too. I got a custom function from a Smashing Magazine article a while ago. The article was 10 Killer WordPress Hacks and the function was this:

function check_referrer() {
if (!isset($_SERVER[‘HTTP_REFERER’]) || $_SERVER[‘HTTP_REFERER’] == “”) {
wp_die( __(‘Please enable referrers in your browser, or, if you\’re a spammer, bugger off!’) );
}
}
add_action(‘check_comment_flood’, ‘check_referrer’);

If you have that installed, remove it. I removed mine and that solved my problem.

Do you have this custom function installed?

function check_referrer() {
if (!isset($_SERVER[‘HTTP_REFERER’]) || $_SERVER[‘HTTP_REFERER’] == “”) {
wp_die( __(‘Please enable referrers in your browser, or, if you\’re a spammer, bugger off!’) );
}
}
add_action(‘check_comment_flood’, ‘check_referrer’);

If so, get rid of it.

FWIW, I was having this same problem – I could send trackbacks but not receive them. The problem for me was that I had a function in place that was blocking the trackbacks. I forget where I got it, but this is what it is:

function check_referrer() {
if (!isset($_SERVER[‘HTTP_REFERER’]) || $_SERVER[‘HTTP_REFERER’] == “”) {
wp_die( __(‘Please enable referrers in your browser, or, if you\’re a spammer, bugger off!’) );
}
}

I think I got that from a Smashing Magazine article actually. Anyway, when I blew that away, suddenly incoming trackbacks showed up on my articles.