Remove Pingback-Trackback Comments
When your blog posts receive pingbacks and trackbacks usually they are displayed together with user opinions.
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Remove Pingback-Trackback Comme… shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 100+ sites, is rated 5/5 and was last updated 11 years ago, and scores 32/100 on our health check.
- Small user base (100+ active installs)
- Very few reviews so far
- No update in 11 years
- Only tested up to WordPress 4.3 (latest is 7.1)
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Daily downloads
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Rankings
Where Remove Pingback-Trackback C… stands todayWordPress.org search rankings
Live position in the plugin search, top 100| Keyword | Position |
|---|---|
| comment | >100 |
| comments | >100 |
| pingback | >100 |
| pingbacks | >100 |
| trackback | >100 |
Version adoption
Share of active sites per release.
Rating breakdown
★★★★★★★★★★ 5 from 3 reviews
About Remove Pingback-Trackback Comments
From the official readme · v1.0Description
When your blog posts receive pingbacks and trackbacks usually they are displayed together with user opinions.
But if you don’t like to see this additional data, or you think pingbacks and trackbacks are not valuable for your blog, here is a tool to remove them.
This plugin allows you to delete all pingbacks and trackbacks comments from your blog, leaving only user comments.
Furthermore turns to closed the ping status of existing posts still allowing new notifications, avoiding them future pingbacks or trackbacks.
And for new posts, to avoid more notifications, updates the default post ping status value to closed (this option is available in Discussion Settings section).
Full support for any kind of custom post types. There is a filter for developers if you want to exclude a particular post type.
This plugin provides a single one step form to do these changes, but previously it’s strongelly recommended you perform a database backup.
Once completed this process, you will not receive more pingbacks or trackbacks unless you do not change posts or blog notifications configuration.
Installation
- Unzip and upload remove-pingback-trackback-comments folder to the
/wp-content/plugins/directory - Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
- Go to menu Tools > Remove Pingback-Trackback Comments to start the updating process
Changelog
Initial Release.
1.0
Release Date: April 26th, 2015
- First and tested released until WordPress 4.2
- Tested code from WordPress 3.3.2 version.
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FAQ
Remove Pingback-Trackback Comments: quick answers
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Is Remove Pingback-Trackback Comme… free?
Yes. Remove Pingback-Trackback Comme… is free to download and use from the official WordPress.org plugin directory.
Is Remove Pingback-Trackback Comme… safe to use in 2026?
Remove Pingback-Trackback Comme… shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 100+ sites, is rated 5/5 and was last updated 11 years ago, and scores 32/100 on our health check.
How many websites use Remove Pingback-Trackback Comme…?
Remove Pingback-Trackback Comme… is active on 100+ WordPress websites and has been downloaded 5,050 times since it launched in April 2015. It was downloaded 75 times in the last 30 days.
Does Remove Pingback-Trackback Comme… work with WordPress 7.1?
Remove Pingback-Trackback Comme… is officially tested up to WordPress 4.3.34, while the latest release is 7.1.3. It may still work, but try it on a staging site first.
When was Remove Pingback-Trackback Comme… last updated?
The latest version, 1.0, was released on August 31, 2015 (11 years ago).
Who makes Remove Pingback-Trackback Comme…?
Remove Pingback-Trackback Comme… is developed and maintained by Pau Iglesias.
What are the best alternatives to Remove Pingback-Trackback Comme…?
The most popular alternatives to Remove Pingback-Trackback Comme… are Bulk Delete Comments (5K+ installs), DCO Comment Attachment (5K+ installs) and One Click Close Comments (5K+ installs).
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