How to Disable Trackback Spam on WordPress
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Before starting, make sure you have already configured spam protection on your WordPress comments. Next, Mangcoding will share some tips on How to Disable Trackback Spam on WordPress. Let’s begin and keep reading this article. Enjoy!
Are you still receiving spam? Maybe trackback spam? Don’t worry—now is the time to block all spam on your website. Mangcoding will provide 2 steps to help you tackle this spam issue.
Step 1. Disable pingbacks and trackbacks for new posts
Here’s how: Go to **Settings > Discussion**, then uncheck **“Allow link notifications from other blogs…”**. Just like the example in the image below!
Do you see the note saying that you can change this setting for each individual post? You can do this from the post edit screen under the Discussion metabox. See the image below!
Step 2. Turn off trackbacks for old posts
As mentioned earlier, you can do this from the post edit screen, but what if you have hundreds of posts on your blog? Here’s a quick and simple way to do it by running a basic SQL query.
UPDATE wp_posts SET ping_status='closed';Run this query via phpMyAdmin or directly through PHP. Don’t forget to replace wp_ with your actual database table prefix.
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